Defence
R v L, Luton Crown Court [2020] – GBH. Unanimous not-guilty verdict after a trial and a successfully argued self-defence.
R v L, Oxford Crown Court [2020] – GBH in prison. Unanimous not-guilty verdict after a 4-day trial.
R v B, Aylesbury Crown Court [2020] – 51-year-old man with life-long schizophrenia was charged with attempted robbery. After a two-day trial, the jury unanimously acquitted after just 45 minutes of deliberations.
R v W, St Albans Crown Court [2019] – A woman pleaded guilty to 5 charges of child neglect after a toddler fell out of a van, travelling at 70mph on a motorway. After successful mitigation, the Court imposed a suspended sentence order.
R v T, Stratford Magistrates’ Court [2019] – Successful defence, which resulted in the acquittal of T, after a trial in the case of handling stolen goods.
PROSECUTION
R v O, Wood Green Crown Court [2020] – Domestic violence case where the appellant had assaulted his sister and her friend in their family home. Appeal dismissed; restraining order issued.
R v H (youth), Ealing Magistrates’ Court [2019] – Successful prosecution, which resulted in the conviction of H, after a trial in the case of joint-enterprise knife-point robbery.
R v N (youth), Stratford Magistrates’ Court [2019] – Successful prosecution, which resulted in the conviction of N, after a trial in the case of possession of a bladed article.