'I'm a criminal lawyer and I'm dyslexic'

A dyslexic solicitor has been telling how he was called out for using his phone in court to help him read notes.

Thomas McGovern is a year into the job and had hoped to keep his learning difficulty a secret.

He realised he would have to be open about his dyslexia after being branded “unprofessional” by a sheriff in Glasgow for reading from his mobile.

Mr McGovern told BBC Scotland's The Nine programme that, for him, dyslexia can be something that helps you think differently, rather than hold you back.