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1 Apr 2019 10:42
3PB Criminal Barrister Jane Rowley successfully defends a male charged with multiple counts of rape and allegations of controlling coercive behaviourJane Rowley was instructed by West Midlands Solicitors to defend a 22 year old man suffering from anxiety and ADHD in a case involving multiple counts of rape, coercive and controlling behaviour by his ex-partner during the three years of their relationship. The trial involved the services of an more...
27 Mar 2019 09:50
‘Dr Evil’ jailed for 40 months over unlicensed body modification proceduresThe practitioner of controversial body modification procedures has been sentenced to 40 months in prison following a prosecution case presented by Jonas Hankin QC, of No5 Barristers’ Chambers. He acted for the prosecution in a body modification case in which Brendan McCarthy admitted three counts of more...
6 Mar 2019 09:49
I believe in evidence“Don’t you believe in anything?” “Yes”, Isaac Asimov said. “I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers”. I’m getting increasingly frustrated by the lack of evidence underpinning much of our criminal justice system. The system is 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...
Dr Evil - the demon tattooist of Wolverhampton
This piece was first published on Nick Diable's Blog, The Defence Brief. Brendan McCarthy, who self-styles himself Dr Evil, has entered a guilty plea to causing grievous bodily harm on several people. There’s nothing exceptional about that, except that all of Dr Evil’s victims not only asked to be more...
11 Feb 2019 15:08
Alex Menary secures acquittal for Police Officer charged with assaultAlex Menary from Exchange Chambers has secured an acquittal for a serving Leicestershire Police Officer charged with assaulting a fellow player during a football match in March of last year. PC G, an Officer with 10 years’ experience and the goalkeeper for his local football team, was alleged to more...
11 Feb 2019 15:06
David Bentley prosecutes convicted killer for causing grievous bodily harm with intentDavid Bentley from Exchange Chambers has prosecuted a convicted killer for causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Anthony Sherburn was declared ‘dangerous’ as he was sentenced to 16 years in prison, with an extra five years to serve on licence as part of an extended sentence. Sherburn, from Wigan more...
7 Feb 2019 15:10
Knife crime prevention ordersGraham Gilbert examines the relevance of a proposed amendment to the Offensive Weapons Bill currently making its way through Parliament, which will seek to introduce “Knife Crime Prevention Orders". Click here to read Graham's analysis. Click here to view Graham’s profile. more...
5 Feb 2019 09:00
No5 barristers defend in Worcester acid attack case on a three-year-old childPhil Bradley QC leads Chloe Ashley in the notorious Worcester case in which it is alleged that their client, the lead defendant ZN aged, 39 (who cannot be named for legal reasons) conspired to throw a corrosive fluid (here a form of sulphuric acid) on his three-year-old son. He is jointly charged more...
1 Feb 2019 12:07
R v Niall MasonGordon Stables prosecuted Niall Mason, a footballer who plays for Doncaster Rovers. Mason admitted a charge of sexual assault. A judge at Sheffield Crown Court gave the player a six-month jail term, suspended for two years. Mason has been placed on the sex offenders’ register for seven years after more...
23 Jan 2019 15:46
Nadesh Karu defends in acid attack on three-year-oldNadesh is instructed as a led junior for the second of seven defendants charged with conspiracy to throw a corrosive fluid (here a form of sulphuric acid) on a three-year-old. The victim of the attack is the son of one of the defendants. Nadesh, led by Andrew Copeland, is representing the defendant more...
21 Jan 2019 14:22
Youth accused of knife point carjacking acquitted after trial. Laura Hocknell defends at Aylesbury Crown Court.The defendant, a young man of 17, was accused of falsely imprisoning a woman and her three week old baby in a car in the course of an attempt to steal it. He was alleged by the complainant to have driven the car dangerously and whilst doing so produced a knife which he threatened to use to stab both more...
11 Jan 2019 10:59
R v L and M (2018)Zara Brawley secured the acquittal of a young person who, alongside her co-defendant, faced two charges of assault. It was alleged that M had assaulted a male with a glass bottle before assaulting the male’s girlfriend, who was said to have been knocked unconscious.' The two-day trial involved the more...
1 Nov 2018 16:59
Grahame James leading Mark Watson represent the First Defendant in Operation Rathlin.Grahame James and Mark Watson, instructed by Goran Stojsavljevic of Berkeley Square Solicitors, represent the First Defendant in Operation Rathlin. The allegations are two instances of kidnapping, blackmail and causing Greivous Bodily Harm with intent. The Trial continues. more...
1 Nov 2018 16:56
Siobhan Grey QC’s client acquitted of all charges - murder, manslaughter and robbery at Swansea Crown Court.Siobhan Grey QC’s client acquitted of all charges - murder, manslaughter and robbery at Swansea Crown Court. The case involved an attack on an elderly man in his own home who was beaten, tied up and left for dead following a robbery at the property. Instructing solicitor was Goldstones of Swansea. more...
17 Oct 2018 17:37
Robert Golinski successfully prosecutes “sadistic” head teacherRobert Golinski from Exchange Chambers has successfully prosecuted a “sadistic” deputy head teacher who abused girls and boys. Grahame Brennand, 71, committed the offences while at St John’s Primary School in Baxenden, Lancashire. The paedophile was convicted of 43 counts of indecent assault at 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...
7 Mar 2018 11:55
Corrosive Substances and Other WeaponsA new Definitive Guideline has been published for Possession of Bladed Articles and other Offensive Weapons. Due to come into effect on 1 June 2018, there is still a way to go before implementation, however, it is already being welcomed by the media. After a sustained campaign and many high profile more...
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