Defence
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. Four more children were travelling unsecured at the back of the van. After successful mitigation, Iwona persuaded the Court to impose 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] – Represented the Crown as responded in an appeal against conviction in a case of domestic violence where the appellant had assaulted his sister and her friend in their family home. Appeal dismissed.
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.