Operating from a concealed laboratory at a warehouse in Acton, for 4 ½ years the three conspirators manufactured drugs on an industrial scale, producing first benzodiazepines and, more recently, the synthetic opioid N-desethyl isotonitazene (“NDI”). The group sold their produce over the Dark Web and received payment in cryptocurrency. They used well-known pharmaceutical trademarks to [...]
William Hughes KC and Patrick Dennis prosecuted three young men for the murder of 18 year-old Joe Dix who died in Norwich in January 2022. Important background evidence in the case centred upon County Lines drug dealing and the interaction with the gang culture existing in Norwich. The case hinged upon CCTV evidence and, uniquely, [...]
Chief Justice Anthony Dudley has today handed down a ruling allowing the costs application brought against OCPL by Thomas Cornelio, John Perez MBE, and Caine Sanchez to proceed to a disclosure hearing. After a lengthy criminal process the three former defendants, Thomas Cornelio, John Perez MBE and Caine Sanchez were discharged on all counts [...]
David Smith prosecuted, for the CPS London North Team, Joshua Mensah for attempted murder. Mr Mensah armed himself with a knife and lay in wait for a victim in Maidstone Road N11, just before midnight on the 16th of July 2022. He then launched a frenzied knife attack on a 50 year old man who [...]
Patrick Dennis, instructed by CPS South East, prosecuted Anthony Deeprose who was convicted of two counts of attempted murder at Maidstone Crown Court. A group of soldiers had attended a 1980s fancy dress party for charity. Outside the Society Rooms, Wetherspoons, Maidstone the defendant punched one of the soldiers who was dressed as Axl [...]
Foundry Chambers is delighted that Alexandra Healy KC continues to be recognised as a leading practitioner for High Net Worth Individuals. Alexandra is noted as being “formidable” “ very accomplished, extremely hardworking, perceptive and clever” Alexandra continues to act for high-net-worth individuals in the most complicated criminal cases as well as cases where reputation [...]
David Harounoff, instructed by the CPS, prosecutes 67-year-old Roman Catholic Priest convicted of an historic sexual assault of a 17-year-old boy following a 4 day trial at Wood Green Crown Court https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12275273/Roman-Catholic-priest-guilty-indecently-assaulting-boy-17.html?ito=email_share_article-top
The case involved multiple allegations of sexual touching. Siobhan has extensive experience of defending in such cases and cross-examining witnesses to great effect. Siobhan was instructed by Neal Gozzett of Monan Gozzett solicitors.
Richard Jory KC and James Gwatkin represented ER in a trial lasting 5 days between 19th June 2023 and 23rd June 2023 at Isleworth Crown Court. ER faced a single count indictment alleging murder having previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter at an early stage of proceedings. The case concerned an incident which occurred on 16/10/2021 [...]
Alexandra Healy KC and Paul Sharkey appeared for the Crown at the trial of John Apelgren at the Central Criminal Court. On 16 June 2023 Mr Apelgren was unanimously convicted of one count of manslaughter, relating to the killing of Eileen Cotter in 1974, and one count of indecent assault, relating to an assault [...]