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24 Aug 2021 11:28
Thomas Acworth’s client unanimously acquitted in drug dealer torture trialThomas Acworth’s client, TH, has been acquitted of false imprisonment, possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, making threats to kill, robbery and ABH following a three week trial at Winchester Crown Court. The prosecution alleged that, together with two others, TH tortured a more...
18 Aug 2021 09:00
Mathew Gullick QC successfully defends Ministry of Justice’s refusal of “miscarriage of justice” compensationMathew Gullick QC has been successful in the High Court before Lady Justice Macur and Mr Justice Foxton in the judicial review of the Secretary of State for Justice’s decision to refuse to pay compensation to a claimant whose conviction for rape had been quashed on appeal on the basis of fresh more...
10 Aug 2021 14:37
R V SSRichard Orme was led by Julia Smart QC in a three-week trial at Chester Crown Court. They represented a mother who was found not guilty of both Murder and Causing/Allowing the Death of a Child. The case involved a multiplicity of medical experts from various disciplines. The case was covered on the more...
10 Aug 2021 14:33
Benjamin Myers QC secures verdict of Not Guilty to MurderBenjamin Myers QC from Exchange Chambers has secured a verdict of not guilty to murder for AM after a trial at Chester Crown Court. The allegation of murder arose from the death of a 3-month-old baby in July 2020 from catastrophic head and brain injuries. AM was the baby’s father. The case turned on more...
23 Jun 2021 09:38
FOUR CONVICTED OF CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATIONTwo men and two 17-year-olds have been found guilty of sexually exploiting two teenaged girls. David Korosi, Adrian Demeter and the two teenagers were convicted after a six-week trial at Stafford Crown Court. Staffordshire Police said the offences took place in the town between February 2018 and more...
11 May 2021 12:02
R V ANTHONY FORDRichard Orme successfully defended a police officer who was accused of sexually assaulting five female colleagues in 2018 and 2019. PC Anthony Ford, who denied the offences and claimed his behaviour only involved ‘jokey and flirtatious banter’, was unanimously found not guilty of 13 offences by a more...
6 Apr 2021 09:58
Celestine Greenwood welcomes ruling on family court’s approach to domestic abuseCelestine Greenwood from Exchange Chambers has welcomed the handing down and publication of the Court of Appeal’s judgment in 4 joined domestic abuse appeals – Re H-N and Others (children) (domestic abuse: finding of fact hearings) [2020] EWCA Civ 448. The court was concerned with 4 appeals from more...
6 Apr 2021 09:39
COURT OF APPEAL JUDGMENT – RE H-N AND OTHERS (CHILDREN) (DOMESTIC ABUSE: FINDING OF FACT HEARINGS)Lorraine Cavanagh QC recently appeared in the four conjoined Domestic Abuse appeals before the Court of Appeal [Re H-N and Others] for an intervener, the Association of Lawyers for Children. The judgment can be downloaded here or read online here. more...
24 Mar 2021 11:25
R V Abdirashid HusseinMaria Brannan secured the acquittal of a client charged with violent disorder, following successful legal argument excluding police identification evidence purporting to place the client at the scene. The client appeared for trial at the Bolton Crown Court and was acquitted of all charges. Maria was more...
24 Mar 2021 11:18
Two of 3PB’s specialist crime barristers feature in BBC’s new documentary ‘’Football’s Darkest Secret’’Adam Feest QC, who heads 3PB’s group of criminal law barristers, is appearing tonight with fellow 3PB crime team counsel Berenice Mulvanny in the BBC’s new three-part documentary about child abuse in English football. The BBC’s new three part documentary ‘’Football's Darkest Secret’’ which airs more...
22 Mar 2021 11:41
Benjamin Myers QC secures Not Guilty verdict in attempted murder trialBenjamin Myers QC from Exchange Chambers represented SS who was tried for the attempted murder of a man beaten about the face with a claw hammer. The attack was linked to county lines drug dealing. The prosecution alleged that at least twelve blows were delivered to the victim’s face as he lay semi more...
22 Mar 2021 11:39
Andrew Petterson successfully prosecutes aggravated burglary caseAndrew Petterson from Exchange Chambers has successfully prosecuted an aggravated burglary case at Sheffield Crown Court sitting at Doncaster before HHJ Kelson QC. The defendant received 12 years’ imprisonment for the aggravated burglary of a 79-year-old man after the 3 day trial. After forcing his more...
22 Mar 2021 11:20
Women are complicated and so is rape.Sexual offences are very complicated. Most happen behind closed doors involving two adults and no other witnesses. The two adults’ perceptions of what happened may differ. If things go very wrong, it is often one person’s word against another. Our adversarial criminal justice system is profoundly more...
22 Mar 2021 11:00
John Wyn Williams prosecutes two defendants who receive 16-year sentences for sex offencesJohn Wyn Williams from Exchange Chambers successfully prosecutes two men who raped a young boy. David Bradbury, 55, and William Gamble, 65, from St Helens, were arrested on October 26 last year. Their crimes were uncovered when an indecent image of a different child was uploaded to Facebook. Police more...
2 Mar 2021 15:27
€12,000 for failure to investigate acid attack breaching art 2 - but were all issues considered?In Tershana v Albania [2020] ECHR 586; (2021) 72 EHRR 13, the authorities' failure adequately to investigate an acid attack against a woman amounted to a breach of the procedural obligation under article 2, justifying damages of €12,000. In some ways, however, the judgment seems to be unsatisfying – more...
22 Feb 2021 11:00
Kim Whittlestone successfully prosecutes historic rape and sexual abuse caseKim Whittlestone from Exchange Chambers has successfully prosecuted a historic rape and sexual abuse case at Carlisle Crown Court. 69-year-old Keswick farmer, Ryan Harrison, was convicted of the historical rapes and sexual abuse of one schoolgirl and molesting another youngster. Harrison had denied more...
9 Feb 2021 11:15
Success in A-G’s Reference against sentence imposed on Shane Mays for the murder of Louise Smith3PB’s Tom Horder, led by Andrew Langdon QC, defended Shane Mays both at trial and in the Court of Appeal. Mr Mays was convicted of the murder of 15-year-old Louise Smith who went missing from her home in Havant on VE day last year. His sentence of life with a minimum term of 25 years was appealed by more...
8 Feb 2021 11:10
Section 18 GBH acquittal for Caroline AbrahamCaroline Abraham from Exchange Chambers has secured an acquittal for her client in serious allegations of violence and threats with a knife at Leeds Crown Court. The defendant, 33, was on trial for causing grievous bodily harm with intent after he was accused of using a van to intentionally run over more...
1 Feb 2021 11:54
Treatment of domestic abuse in the Family Court, guidance appealsBetween 19th and 21st January 2021, the Court of Appeal heard four conjoined appeals against orders in which the Family Court made no findings of fact as to domestic abuse on the allegations of four mothers (appellants). Lorraine Cavanagh QC, with Deirdre Fottrell QC, acted for the Association of more...
20 Jan 2021 12:28
Kim Whittlestone secures acquittals in historic sexual assault trialKim Whittlestone from Exchange Chambers has secured a range of acquittals for her client in a historic sexual assault trial at Carlisle Crown Court. The 73-year-old defendant was acquitted of 7 charges of sexual abuse between 1970 and 1975. He pleaded guilty to one charge of indecent assault and was more...
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