- Barbara Hewson is alleged to have referred to victims as ‘lunatics’ and ‘nutwings’
- The lawyer is reportedly facing an investigation from the Bar Standards Board
- It is also claimed she told people speaking out about abuse to ‘shut the f*** up’
- Miss Hewson has previously called for the age of consent to fall to as low as 13
Barbara Hewson, 56, is alleged to have posted on social media referring to victims as ‘lunatics’, ‘nutwings’ and ‘cowardly’
A top human rights lawyer is facing an investigation after claims that she trolled victims of child sex abuse online.
Barrister Barbara Hewson, 56, is alleged to have posted on social media referring to victims as ‘lunatics’, ‘nutwings’ and ‘cowardly’.
It is also claimed that she told people speaking out about abuse they had suffered as a child to ‘shut the f*** up’.
The Bar Standards Board is launching a probe against Miss Hewson, according to the Sunday Mirror.
MailOnline has contacted the BSB for comment.
The barrister, who has called for the age of consent to fall to as low as 13, is facing calls to be struck off.
One woman, who says she has faced trolling by Miss Hewson on Twitter for two years, said it would discourage people from speaking up about abuse.
She said: ‘She has made people’s lives hell. I wish she could see the effect her messages are having on people who are already vulnerable.
‘If she’d experienced the complete and utter terror that a child feels when being attacked by a paedophile I’m sure she’d take a different view.’
A spokesperson for Miss Hewson said she had ‘respectful relations with genuine victims’ but had not been formally notified of a complaint to the BSB.
Miss Hewson previously received a harassment warning from the Metropolitan Police after claims she made death threats over the phone to a law student.
A Nottingham University student had alleged that the lawyer pestered him with nuisance phone calls leaving him ‘frightened and alarmed’.
Miss Hewson previously received a harassment warning from the Metropolitan Police after claims she made death threats over the phone to a law student