Lawyer dubbed ‘the female Basil Fawlty’ is struck off

A former barrister dubbed ‘the female Basil Fawlty’ after she attacked staff while working as a hotelier on the English riviera has been kicked out of the legal profession. Shirley Bothroyd, 64, worked as a human rights lawyer before she bought the 18-bedroom Bay hotel in Teignmouth, Devon, for £1.5m in 2013. Bothroyd grabbed her chef Pauline Cave from behind by her hair, pulled her to the floor and repeatedly slapped her face on 25 June 2017. She also threw…