NEWS Sir Robert Buckland KC to lead review into the murder of MP Sir David Amess. Sir Robert Buckland KC has been appointed to lead an independent review into the murder of MP Sir David Amess. The review aims to explore any missed opportunities [...]
NEWS The case concerned the commercial importation and supply of cocaine and heroin. The conspirators used “ghost” warehouses to unload Class A drugs from legitimate loads brought in haulage lorries from the continent and supply them around the UK. The police intervened at the [...]
NEWS Matthew Ralston represented LA, one of four young men charged with Class A drug trafficking offences. The prosecution case was that the defendants were involved in a ‘county lines’ drug dealing operation. The case relied on extensive cell site evidence purported linking [...]
NEWS Henrietta Paget KC and Paul Sharkey are prosecuting the trial at the Central Criminal Court of a man alleged to have killed a vulnerable young woman on a night out. Zahwa Mukhtar was deaf and training to be an accountant. During a night [...]
NEWS The trial of two men alleged to have killed a four year old child has been opened at Maidstone Crown Court. Following an apparent family feud, Owen Maughan and his father Patrick Maughan are said to have deliberately rammed their car at speed [...]
NEWS David Harounoff and Rose Slowe instructed by the Crown Prosecution have opened the case against 8 defendants charged with other co-conspirators at Isleworth Crown Court with the importation of approximately 100 kilos of Cocaine from Jamaica to the UK in a trial estimated [...]
NEWS On 22 August 2023, officers of the Metropolitan Police executed a search warrant at the home address of XY. After arresting the defendant, officers searching his home address seized high value jewellery, a large amount of cash and a large number of digital [...]
NEWS Richard Jory KC and Bibi Ihuomah are representing Jala Debella at a trial of the facts at the Central Criminal Court on an Indictment alleging murder and possession of an offensive weapon. The case concerns the unprovoked attack on Anita Mukhey in Colindale, [...]
NEWS In R v XY and AB, Benjamin Waidhofer was instructed by Fadi Daoud at Lawrence & Co CDS LLP to defend two individuals charged with racially aggravated offending. The prosecution case was that two individuals of pensionable age had committed the following offences: [...]
NEWS Kwame Sekyere, instructed by Simon Bethel Solicitors, represented CJ who was on trial for two counts of encouraging self harm under s184 of the Online Safety Act 2023. In the first jury trial involving this offence, Mr Sekyere made a number of successful [...]