Robert Colover made the comments when describing the victim of the 41-year-old paedophile Neil Wilson, who ultimately walked free from court with an eight-month suspended sentence after admitting he had engaged in sexual activity with the girl at his home.

Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, is to carry out a review of the case to determine what happened and decide what action should be taken.

A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said: “We are now considering the involvement of this barrister in sexual offence prosecutions and have advised his chambers that we will not instruct him in any ongoing or future cases involving sexual offences in the meantime.”

Mr Colover, prosecuting in Wilson’s trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court in east London, described the child victim as “predatory in all her actions”.

Judge Nigel Peters QC said he had taken into account the fact she looked older than she was and told Wilson: “On these facts (that were put before the court), the girl was predatory and was egging you on.

“That is no defence when dealing with children but I am prepared to impose a suspension.”

The remarks from those involved in the prosecution of the 41-year-old prompted outrage from charities and campaigners, while the CPS admitted Colover’s language was “inappropriate”.

Wilson’s suspended sentence will now be reviewed by the Attorney General.

The Office for Judical Complaints confirmed it had received a number of complaints about the remarks made by Judge Peters QC.

A spokesman said: “The complaints will be considered in accordance with the Judicial Discipline (Prescribed Procedure) Regulations 2006.”

In a separate development, the Lord Chief Justice was expected to announce that courts would provide greater protection for child sex abuse victims in future.

A handpicked panel of specialist judges will be responsible for trying sensitive cases where at least one witness is deemed vulnerable due to their age or circumstances, The Times reported.

The new measures are set to be implemented in all major sexual grooming cases.

Alan Wardle, head of corporate affairs at the NSPCC, said the Wilson case was part of a wider pattern of how child sexual abuse cases were treated in the courts.

He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “It was completely inappropriate language and it was quite clear in the case the predator was the man who was in the dock, not a 13-year-old child.

“And it’s quite clear that a 13-year-old child cannot be complicit in her own abuse.

“Making sure that judges and barristers in all these cases are properly trained and understand the nature of child sexual abuse and how children are groomed in these sort of cases is important.”

Javed Khan, chief executive of the charity Victim Support, added: “It is completely unacceptable for victims to be blamed in any way for the abuse they have suffered.

“The state owes a duty of care to victims and witnesses, which in this case appears to have been woefully neglected.

“We have strenuously campaigned for cultural change to this often adversarial, aggressive courts system, and this is yet another case which exemplifies why these changes are so necessary.”

During the trial, Judge Peters had been told by Mr Colover: “The girl is predatory in all her actions and she is sexually experienced.

“She appeared to look around 14 or 15 and had the mental age of a 14 or 15-year-old despite being younger than that.

“There was sexual activity but it was not of Mr Wilson’s doing. You might say it was forced upon him despite being older and stronger than her.”

Wilson had watched the girl strip out of her school uniform before she performed a sex act on him.

The abuse came to light when she confided in a friend, who informed police.

During a search of Wilson’s home in Romford, Essex, officers discovered images and videos depicting child abuse and bestiality.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of making extreme pornographic images and one count of sexual activity with a child.

A judge at a trial in Gloucester today stressed that underage girls are “in no way complicit” in offences against them.

Jailing Steven Smith, 19, who supplied cannabis to a 14-year-old girl in return for sexual intercourse, he said: “The message must go out that even if a 14-year-old girl has immature sexual curiosity she will be protected by the law from older men.”