This week in our podcast, Eddie Mair speaks to Henry Hendron.
He was very much a rising star, a barrister in London with some high profile clients and media coverage to go with it. He represented the Conservative MP Nigel Evans when he was cleared of rape in 2014. Some people thought Henry Hendron himself had a bright political future.
But things changed for him in 2015 when his 18-year-old boyfriend Miguel Jimenez died after taking chemsex drugs.
Mr Hendron was arrested and admitted possessing the drugs that killed his boyfriend. The Bar Standards Board suspended him from practicing, but in May said he could return to the bar after three years.
Details of organisations offering information and support with addiction are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information on 0800 155 947.
(Photo: Miguel Jimenez (l) and Henry Hendron (r). Credit: Henry Hendron)
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