A HEREFORD solicitor has been suspended for three months and fined £20,000.

Michael Kidwell Horne, from Kidwells Law Solicitors in Rotherwas, was prosecuted before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, following allegations that he was inappropriate and abusive.

The tribunal certified there was a case to answer and he was suspended from the Roll of Solicitors for three months.

The full judgement from the tribunal has not yet been published.

Kidwells Law Solicitors has not responded to the Hereford Times’ request for a comment.