Bent brief escapes jail and gets to pay back just a few grand

A bent solicitor and her husband who defrauded the taxpayer out of almost £95,000 in a legal aid scam will have to repay just £5,584. Babita Attra, 41, made sure her lover Alexandru Major, 35, got lucrative translation contracts as part of the scam. Criminal law solicitor Attra and her Romanian husband Major were convicted of forgery, conspiracy to defraud and transferring criminal property in January this year. Translator and police station representative Major made £94,249.64 by overcharging the Legal…