Benjamin was instructed to represent two defendants who had received a decision that an investigation against them would be subject to ‘no further action’ and – in one case – would be subject to a fixed penalty notice for disorder. Notwithstanding that decision, a prosecution against both defendants subsequently commenced in respect of the very [...]

Mother and partner guilty of killing toddler Kyrell Matthews after 'harrowing' abuse caught on phone A mother and her ex-boyfriend have been found guilty of killing the woman's two-year-old son, who suffered weeks of abuse before he died in south London. Kemar Brown, 28, hit two-year-old Kyrell Matthews repeatedly at his Croydon home, before the [...]

Katie Doherty, instructed by Hollingsworth Edwards Solicitors, represented JC in a 4 day trial between 16-21 February 2022. The Crown alleged that JC swung a heavy bag at an officer and kicked another officer’s handcuffs and whilst doing so, made contact with a police officer’s leg. 4 police officers gave evidence and body-worn video footage [...]

Henrietta Paget and Sophie Murray, ably assisted by Daniel Henderson (pupil at Foundry Chambers), have been prosecuting a series of violent robberies targeting homes in the Surrey/Sussex area where masked men would threaten the occupants with weapons and steal high value goods to order. The four defendants were convicted on all counts following a six-week [...]

On Thurs 3rd Feb Mark Seymour leading Sarah Selby concluded the prosecution of a serial Rapist who engaged in a campaign of Rape in East London, attacking 5x women in the early hours of the morning on their way home. The Def was convicted after a lengthy trial in April / May 2021. The Def [...]

William Hughes QC, leading Hilary Roberts of 9 Park Place, Cardiff and instructed by Nathan Adams of Reeds Solicitors, Cardiff acted for Lee Strickland in his trial for the murder of Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Gary Jenkins at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court. Dr Jenkins was attacked in Bute Park, Cardiff in July 2021 and died of his injuries on [...]

Mark Seymour, prosecuting on behalf of CPS South East Complex Casework Unit, has successfully concluded the prosecution of two Defendants at Guildford Crown Ct for Conspiracy to Supply Class A & B Drugs and Conspiracy to Produce Class B Drugs. The case which was investigated by the Surrey Police Serious Organised Crime Unit flowed primarily [...]

Mark Seymour leading Sarah Ellis, prosecuting on behalf of CPS London, have together secured the conviction for Attempted Murder of the leading Defendant in a case flowing from a shooting in the street outside a Central London Nightclub.  On Weds 26.01.22 the Def in question was sentenced to 26 years’ imprisonment.  During the original trial [...]

Since 2020, Ellis Sareen has been representing the first and second defendants in the ’NSCIS’ case before the Supreme Court of Gibraltar. His clients, Thomas Cornelio (a talented software developer) and John Perez MBE (the former commander of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment) were charged with conspiracy to defraud and computer misuse offences alongside one of [...]