Solicitor was ‘traumatised’ by being arrested

An elderly solicitor accused of flying to Malta to tell a client he was being investigated for money laundering told a court of the ‘trauma’ of being arrested. William Osmond, 69, founder of London firm Osmond and Osmond solicitors, allegedly ‘tipped off’ James Ramsay about the Serious Fraud Office probe. Osmond, 69, who works in company law, qualified in law in 1979 before founding Osmond and Osmond, with his father in 2002. The lawyer allegedly delayed answering questions to the…