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11 Jan 2019 10:43
Michael Duck QC Prosecutes “Body Found in Walsall Flat” Murder CaseNo5 Barristers’ Chambers’ Michael Duck QC is leading the prosecution of Darren Barnes charged with murdering Mr Edwin Bradley,47, whom he “believed to be a sex offender.” Mr Duck told Wolverhampton Crown Court 65-year-old Edwin Bradley was struck over the head with a bottle before being kicked and more...
8 Jan 2019 09:02
Chris Tehrani QC successfully prosecutes City banker for murderChris Tehrani QC from Exchange Chambers has successfully prosecuted a City banker for murder. Christina Abbotts suffered catastrophic head injuries when she was beaten with a kitchen pestle by Zahid Naseem after a drug and alcohol-fuelled night of sex. In the brutal and prolonged killing, Zahid more...
19 Dec 2018 09:57
No5 barristers secure conviction of murderer after callous stabbingCounsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers have secured the murder conviction of a brutal teenager over the stabbing of a grandad in a Kingstanding park. The court heard how Leary Dalton-Byrne repeatedly stabbed Dean Ward earlier this year and later boasted about the killing, telling a friend that he had more...
19 Dec 2018 09:03
No5 counsel secure jail term for young mother’s killerNo5 Barristers’ Chambers’ David Mason QC and Samantha Crabb acted for the prosecution in a trial which saw killer John Broadhurst jailed for three years and eight months. Broadhurst, 40, of Wolverley, left his injured and bleeding partner to die after "rough sex, informing the 999 operator on more...
4 Dec 2018 14:23
Jonas Hankin QC prosecutes Samantha Eastwood murderJonas Hankin QC, instructed on behalf of West Midlands CPS, opened the case against Michael Stirling when the case was listed for sentence before the Honourable Mrs Justice Carr DBE. Michael Stirling was convicted by his guilty plea of the murder of Samantha Eastwood on 27th July 2018. Shortly more...
26 Nov 2018 08:58
Teen prosecuted for murder by Michael Duck QC and Sarah Allen is namedA teenager convicted of the murder of Ozell Pemberton in a revenge attack has been named after Judge Parker QC lifted reporting restrictions while handing down sentence. Amir Hussain, 17, knifed Mr Pemberton in the heart following an incident between two groups in the Pype Hyes Park area of more...
22 Nov 2018 14:15
3PB Criminal Barristers secure multiple life sentences in multi-handed murder trialFollowing a 6 week trial at Portsmouth Crown Court, 3 defendants were convicted of the murder of Richard Hardy on 26 January 2018 and have been sentenced to life with minimum terms of 29, 28 and 27 years respectively. A 4th Defendant was sentenced to 8 years for manslaughter. In passing sentence Mrs more...
22 Nov 2018 09:43
David Mason QC and Samantha Crabb prosecute Kinver murder trialNo5 Barristers’ Chambers’ David Mason QC and Samantha Crabb are prosecuting a murder trial in which it is alleged a wealthy businessman ‘totally lost it’ during a drink and drug-fuelled ‘rough sex’ session with his young lover, leaving her to die at the bottom of the stairs. John Broadhurst, 40, is more...
20 Nov 2018 13:47
No5 barristers defend in Leicester explosion murder trialTwo counsel from No5 Barristers’ Chambers are part of the defence team in a murder trial following the deaths of five people in an explosion at a shop in Leicester. It is claimed that Aram Kurd, Hawkar Hassan and Arkan Ali had hoped to claim a £300,000 insurance payout after the explosion, which more...
19 Nov 2018 08:05
Shot aged 14 in a London street – was Chris’s death an accident?Every child death is a tragedy, but a fourteen year old boy shot while standing in a street is particularly sad. Chris, a boy of Caribbean heritage was killed in Newham in 2017. It’s not clear if he was the target of the bullet shot from a passing car, but it is known that he was involved in “gangs” more...
7 Nov 2018 13:27
Michael Duck QC leads Sarah Allen in the prosecution of the fatal Sutton Coldfield teenage revenge stabbing trialMichael Duck QC, of No5 Barristers’ Chambers, is leading the prosecution in a murder trial following the death of a schoolboy. Ozell Pemberton, a former pupil at Greenwood Academy in Castle Vale, was fatally knifed outside McDonald's in Sutton Coldfield in May this year following an earlier incident more...
1 Nov 2018 16:40
Chambers UK Bar 2019 ListingsWe are delighted to have five Ranked Departments and 28 Ranked Barristers in the latest edition of Chambers UK Bar. The Court of Protection: Health & Welfare listing states “Members are widely recognised for their work at the cutting edge of developing the law in the Court of Protection.” Joseph more...
26 Oct 2018 12:22
Conspiracy to murder trial underway – Simon Taylor and Ben Irwin prosecuting, Oliver Saxby QC defendingThe trial of Glenn Pollard, Heather Pollard and Hayley Weatherall began last week at Maidstone Crown Court. Simon Taylor is leading for the Crown, with Ben Irwin – instructed by CPS South East Canterbury CPS Trials Unit. Oliver Saxby QC is leading for the second defendant, Heather Pollard – more...
26 Oct 2018 10:12
R v V and K (2018)Nadesh Karu, led by Jennifer Knight and Philip Bennetts QC, successfully prosecuted V and K who were convicted of murder and s.18, respectively. The case took place over four weeks at Canterbury Crown Court and was described by the Crown’s pathologist as “the most difficult case” he had ever seen. more...
24 Oct 2018 15:13
Jonas Hankin QC prosecutes midwife murderJonas Hankin QC is Leading Counsel for the Crown in the murder of midwife Samantha Eastwood. Michael Stirling, 32, the brother-in-law of Ms Eastwood’s former fiancé, pleaded guilty to murder yesterday when he appeared before The Honourable Mrs Justice Carr at Northampton Crown Court. He will be more...
23 Oct 2018 13:29
Jonas Hankin QC secures conviction for murder in toddler death caseJonas Hankin QC has successfully prosecuted drug dealer Raphael Kennedy for the murder of his two-year-old son Dylan Tiffin-Brown. The prosecution case was that the defendant had lost his temper and had punched and kicked his son, fracturing several of his ribs and rupturing his liver. He had then more...
19 Oct 2018 14:47
Michael Duck QC and Matthew Brook prosecute River Wye murder trialMichael Duck QC is leading Matthew Brook in the prosecution against a man accused of murdering his friend - a 39-year-old mother of three. Terri Webb’s partially-clothed body was recovered from the River Wye near the Hampton Park area of Hereford weeks after she was reported missing in November 2016 more...
18 Oct 2018 08:59
Alan Kent QC is defending Craig Savage who is accused of the murder of his estranged wife and her mother.Alan Kent QC is defending Craig Savage who is accused of the murder of his estranged wife and her mother. The defendant stole a semi automatic rifle from a gun range before breaking into the family home and shooting both women and the family dog. He is accused of executing both women. Alan is more...
15 Oct 2018 09:51
John Butterfield QC defends 16-year-old facing park death murder chargeJohn Butterfield QC is defending a 16-year-old girl accused of luring a fellow teenager to a park where he was fatally attacked by a group of youths. The girl, who cannot be named, is accused of ‘luring’ 17-year-old Lyrico Steede, known as Rico, to a park in Bulwell, Nottingham, using social media. more...
Private Prosecutions
PRIVATE PROSECUTIONS Private prosecutions are undertaken from the very outset when a magistrate’s court information is drafted right through to trial & appeal. Examples of private prosecutions I have been involved in include; • Acting on behalf of a husband when the wife had made false allegations more...
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