R v M – Instructed as junior counsel for the defence in a three-month trial at the Old Bailey. The main defendants were accused of attempted murder in respect of a drive-by shooting at Tup Tup Palace in Newcastle. ‘M’ was already serving a sentence for murder in relation to another incident and was then charged with Attempting to Pervert the Course of Justice in relation to the shooting at Tup Tup Palace.
R v A – Instructed as junior counsel for one of nine defendants in ‘Operation Optic’; a case alleging the sexual exploitation of young women in Newcastle. All allegations were dropped by the prosecution following an eight-week trial.
R v W-A – Represented a member of the far-right group ‘National Action’ in respect of allegations of inciting racial hatred in Birmingham.
R v M - Instructed as junior counsel in a trial involving eight defendants in which M was charged with two Conspiracies for the Supply of Class A drugs. The case involved the extensive analysis of thousands of pages of telephone billing records on which the prosecution based their case.
R v G & T - Instructed as junior counsel for T in relation to the murder of a Hexham heiress and the subsequent fraudulent depletion of the deceased’s assets.
R v H - Instructed as junior prosecution counsel in charge of disclosure in relation to the murder of a Newcastle man.
R v H – Instructed as junior prosecution counsel in respect of a murder in Gosforth, Newcastle. There was extensive disclosure material to be reviewed including over 30,000 pages of telephone evidence.
R v K - Instructed as junior counsel in a large conspiracy alleging sexual offences, under ‘Operation Sanctuary’.
R v A & D – Instructed to prosecute a £1.2 million fraud involving the employees of a national building company.
R v P - Represented a defendant charged with fraud in a large-scale ‘Cash for Crash’ Insurance Conspiracy involving 60 defendants.
R v P, P and P - Instructed as junior prosecution counsel in a complex trial involving allegations of sexual abuse by several adults in relation to very young children. One of the defendants was also vulnerable and the case required the assistance of an intermediary.
R v S - Prosecuted the defendant in respect of the rape of a vulnerable, disabled woman in her own home.
R v M – Prosecuted a defendant for defrauding various benefit agencies and local authorities to the value of over half a million pounds.
R v S - Represented the defendant in relation to allegations of child cruelty following injuries inflicted to a 17 month old child.
R v M - Represented the defendant in relation to historical allegations of rape involving his step-daughter and child cruelty to his step-son over a number of years.
