Robertson became a barrister in 1973 , and was appointed QC in 1988 . He became well known after acting as defence counsel in the celebrated English criminal trials of '' OZ '' , '' Gay News '' , the ABC Trial , '' The Romans in Britain '' ( the prosecution brought by Mary Whitehouse ) , Randle & Pottle , the Brighton bombing and Matrix Churchill . He also defended the artist J. S. G. Boggs from a private prosecution brought by the Bank of England regarding his depictions of British currency
Brighton bombing
Brighton hotel bombing
Geoffrey Robertson