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24 Jul 2019 11:50
No5 Barristers’ Chambers’ Philip Bradley QC sees prisoner convicted of attempted murder chargesA prisoner who argued he was clinically insane when he attacked three guards and a fellow inmate at prisons in Norfolk, Lincoln and Wakefield has been convicted on three charges of attempted murder. Philip Bradley QC, prosecuting, told Lincoln Crown Court Aklakur Rahman had used makeshift weapons more...
17 Jul 2019 10:47
QC and barrister secure murder conviction for Birmingham stabbingTwo advocates from No5 Barristers’ Chambers secured the murder conviction of a teenager for the stabbing of a student outside a Birmingham College. Michael Burrows QC and Tom Schofield prosecuted in the trial of 17-year-old Louai Ali, who stabbed Sidali Mohamed, 16, in the chest with a two-pronged more...
17 Jul 2019 09:01
Gordon Cole QC and Dan Travers secure acquittal in murder trialGordon Cole QC and Dan Travers have secured the acquittal of a man charged with murder and attempted murder after a trial lasting eight weeks at Manchester Crown Court. Connor Cornforth, who was represented by Gordon and Dan, had been charged with playing a part in the fatal shooting of one man, and more...
17 Jul 2019 08:59
Not guilty of Murder: Benjamin Myers QC and Dan Travers secure acquittalBenjamin Myers QC and Dan Travers have secured the acquittal of a man charged with murder after a trial lasting three weeks at Manchester Crown Court. Peter Connors, who was represented by Benjamin and Dan, had been charged with the murder of another man. The prosecution said that the murder was more...
8 Jul 2019 11:41
Imran Shafi secures acquittal for client in murder trialImran Shafi from Exchange Chambers has secured the acquittal of his client from a count of murder following an intense two month trial. Nine defendants were indicted with murder as part of Operation Yale. The investigation arose from a gangland shooting. Imran is a heavyweight criminal defence more...
8 Jul 2019 11:33
Exchange Chambers’ barristers secure acquittal in murder trialRupert Bowers QC and Gareth Roberts from Exchange Chambers have secured an acquittal for their client in a high-profile Liverpool murder trial. Craig Johnson was one of three men standing trial accused of the murder of James Meadows, who was shot dead in 2017. Mr Meadows was shot while riding as a more...
13 May 2019 11:49
Jonas Hankin QC prosecutes mother accused of killing her newborn babyJonas Hankin QC has opened a case in which it is alleged that a woman murdered her newborn baby having concealed both the pregnancy and the birth. The prosecution say that Hannah Cobley, 29, of Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire, gave birth to a female baby in an outside toilet at her parents’ farm, more...
30 Apr 2019 14:45
No5 barristers face each other in court in murder trialA QC and two counsel from No5 Barristers’ Chambers are facing each other in court in a murder trial in which a businessman is accused of murdering his seamstress wife and soliciting the murder of his first wife. Gurpreet Singh, 43, of Coalway Avenue, Penn, Wolverhampton, has denied both counts at more...
8 Apr 2019 11:30
Mother jailed over baby death prosecuted by Jonas Hankin QCA mother has been found guilty of squeezing her two-month-old baby to death and jailed for 13 and a half years after a trial at Birmingham Crown Court. Two QCs from No5 Chambers were on opposite sides of the courtroom for the manslaughter trial. Jonas Hankin QC prosecuted Abigail Palmer, 33, who was more...
1 Apr 2019 11:45
Michael Duck QC of No5 Barristers’ Chambers secures jail term in murder caseMichael Duck QC of No5 Barristers’ Chambers saw murderer Glen Elvin jailed for life over the death of his cousin in a knife attack following a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court. The jury heard that Christopher Harm, 28, of Gateshead, died following a stab wound to the chest. Michael Duck QC led the more...
28 Mar 2019 10:18
Stephen Meadowcroft QC and David Temkin secure acquittals on all charges in conspiracy to murder trialStephen Meadowcroft QC and David Temkin from Exchange Chambers have secured acquittals for their client on all charges in a conspiracy to murder trial. Stephen and David’s client was cleared by a jury of conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and conspiracy to pervert the more...
25 Mar 2019 13:09
Queen’s Counsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers sees juvenile client acquitted in murder trialMichelle Heeley QC has seen her client acquitted in a murder trial following the fatal stabbing of father-of-two Lee Marshall. Michelle represented one of three teenagers, two aged 17 and one aged 16, who cannot be named, who were found not guilty of murder and the alternative of manslaughter. It more...
6 Mar 2019 14:56
Dan Hobbs secures findings of Gross Misconduct against three officers in a misconduct hearing directed by the IOPC.David Gikawa was found guilty of murdering Linah Keza by stabbing her to death in her home in Leyton on 31st July 2013. In the days before her murder, Linah Keza had contacted the police on numerous occasions seeking assistance. Dan Hobbs presented the case against three officers involved in the more...
6 Mar 2019 09:45
R V Carlton Donaldson (and Sashon Brown)Maria Brannan successfully prosecuted a defendant who stabbed and killed a man on a night out in Birmingham. Carlton Donaldson was jailed for life after being found guilty of stabbing Dan Baird to death outside the Forge Tavern pub in Digbeth on 8 July, 2017. He was convicted on Wednesday of more...
18 Feb 2019 10:56
Murder trial prosecution success for No5 counsel Michael Duck QC and Martin LiddiardFollowing a three-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court Michael Duck QC has seen murderer David Olczyk jailed for life for beating Kristof Zwolinski to death. Michael Duck QC, leading Martin Liddiard in the prosecution of the case, told the court that the 47-year-old victim was viciously assaulted more...
29 Jan 2019 13:59
Nick Johnson QC and Dan Travers in double gangland assassination caseExchange Chambers’ barristers were recently instructed to defend in a high profile double gangland assassination case, which finished amid high security at Liverpool Crown Court earlier this month. Paul Massey was shot outside his home in July 2015 with an Uzi sub-machine gun. One of the pall more...
29 Jan 2019 13:36
Violation of ECHR, Art 2 by Turkey in failing to cooperate with Cypriot authorities in murder investigationGüzelyurtlu & Ors v Cyprus & Turkey (App No. 36925/07) Related Member(s): Clare Montgomery QC, Jessica Jones Related Practice Area(s): Human Rights Court: European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber) Considering the investigation into the killing of three Cypriot nationals of Turkish Cypriot more...
18 Jan 2019 15:47
No5 Barristers’ Chambers represents both sides in Birmingham murder trialMark Heywood QC, and Tim Harrington, of No5 Barristers’ Chambers are prosecuting six defendants over the robbery and killing of 24-year-old Jaskaran Kang, who died from stab wounds on January 6 last year. The body of Jaskaran Kang, from Handsworth, Birmingham, was discovered at a property in more...
15 Jan 2019 09:17
Michael Burrows QC and Talbir Singh prosecute Riasat Bi murder trialNo5 Barristers’ Chambers’ Michael Burrows QC and Talbir Singh have successfully prosecuted a man who murdered an 86-year-old grandmother and tried to kill her grandson. Madni Ahmed, 20, of Cavendish Street, Stoke-on-Trent, was jailed for life, with a minimum of 36 years, at Birmingham Crown Court more...
15 Jan 2019 09:04
John Butterfield QC leads prosecution at stab-death murder trialNo5 Barristers’ Chambers’ John Butterfield QC is leading the prosecution of a man accused of killing his friend with a single stab wound last summer. He acts together with Andrew Wallace, also of No5 Barristers’ Chambers. Ryan Preston, 27, of Hermitage Road, Wyken, denies murdering Daniel Kennell, more...
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