Joseph Beltrami

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Joseph Beltrami ( May 15, 1932 - February 24, 2015 ) was a Scottish lawyer of Swiss descent.

Early life and family

He was born in Rutherglen to a Swiss father and a Scottish mother. His father Giuseppe (Joseph) Beltrami ran a fish restaurant on Glasgow Cross in Glasgow . Joseph Beltrami grew up in Glasgow and studied at St Aloysius' College and the University of Glasgow .

Professional career

Beltrami has been involved in several high profile legal cases, including the campaign to release Patrick Meehan. He defended various members of the Glasgow underworld such as Arthur Thompson and Johnny Ramensky in court, and for the first time in history he obtained a pardon in a Scottish court in defense of Maurice Swanson. This led to the fact that in the 1980s the expression get me Beltrami became a synonym among the people of Glasgow for asking for help in a desperate situation.

Personal

Beltrami is the father of three sons, each with a career in law. Edwin Beltrami is Senior Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service in Wales , Adrian Beltrami is a London Crown Attorney specializing in commercial law and Jason Beltrami is a Glasgow attorney. Joseph Beltrami died at the age of 82.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joseph Beltrami. In: Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved February 24, 2015 .
  2. ↑ About Joseph Beltrami. Beltrami & Co., accessed February 24, 2015 .
  3. ^ The Cymru-Wales Management Team. (No longer available online.) Crown Prosecution Service, archived from the original on February 24, 2015 ; accessed on February 24, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cps.gov.uk
  4. ^ Adrian Beltrami QC ( Memento from March 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Three Verulam Buildings.
  5. ↑ Jason Beltrami. MSM Solicitors, accessed February 24, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Top Glasgow defense lawyer Joe Beltrami dies aged 83. In: BBC News . February 24, 2015, accessed February 24, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Joe Beltrami, defense lawyer. In: The Daily Telegraph . February 25, 2015, accessed February 26, 2015 (obituary).
personal data
SURNAME Beltrami, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish lawyer of Swiss descent
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Rutherglen
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2015