Notable Criminal Cases – 2019
R V A – POSSESSION OF FIREARM WITH INTENT TO ENDANGER LIFE – SNARESBROOK CROWN COURT
This was a case investigated by Operation Trident who had conducted a coordinated arrest of the two Defendants. There was an extensive amount of complex cell site material and also telephone attribution evidence. The first trial was aborted and a retrial ensued as a result.
R V O – GBH W INTENT AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCE – WOOD GREEN CROWN COURT
This was a case a high profile acid attack in East London. Following an extensive Police operation the Defendant was arrested and tried. The Defendant accepted presence at the scene of the assault which was allegedly gang related and was filmed by onlookers on mobile phones but was acquitted after trial.
R V U – POSSESSION OF FIREARM WITH INTENT – WOOLWICH CROWN COURT
The Defendant was charged alongside 4 others in relation to a transaction that had take place in Luton. A firearm was then recovered following surveillance by Operation Trident. A large amount of telephone data coupled with cell site information was analysed in order to prepare the case for trial.
R V P – VIOLENT DISORDER AND FIREARM WITH INTENT TO ENDANGER LIFE – SOUTHWARK CROWN COURT
The Defendant who is a high profile rapper was prosecuted in respect of a large scale violent disorder that took place in West London and culminated in a shooting. He was charged alongside eight others and The Police Gangs Unit were reliant upon detailed telephone and forensic evidence. At trial following forceful representations the firearms offence was discontinued and the Defendant pleaded guilty to violent disorder on a factually restricted basis.
R V R – CONSPIRACY TO KIDNAP – HARROW CROWN COURT,/h2>
The Defendant was charged alongside 6 others in relation the alleged kidnapping and torture of a drug dealer. This was a highly complex case which involved analysis of telecommunications data as well as ANPR information and forensic evidence. Queens Counsel was instructed to represent the Defendant.
R V B – ATTEMPTED MURDER – BRISTOL CROWN COURT
The Defendant was charged with attempted murder in respect of an alleged dispute that had arisen as a consequence of a “county lines” drug dealing network. Detailed representations resulted in the attempted murder charge being withdrawn and trial proceedings coming to an end.
R V E – POSSESSION OF FIREARM WITH INTENT TO ENDANGER LIFE – INNER LONDON CROWN COURT
The Defendant was alleged to be an active gang member and was forensically linked to a firearm that had been recovered by Operation Trident. Telephone analysis also placed the Defendant in the environs where the firearm was recovered. Following the lodgement of a dismissal argument the Crown withdrew their case.
R V I – MANSLAUGHTER – CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT
This was a complex case which concerned a total of 7 Defendants. The Defendant was acquitted after a lengthy contested trial. The case attracted considerable media attention due to the killing being alleged to have occurred during an attempted exorcism.
R V L – PERVERTING THE COURSE OF JUSTICE IN A MURDER CASE – CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT
This case pertained to the high profile murder of a bouncer in Mayfair at a New Year’s Party. The defendant was acquitted after a trial lasting 6 weeks.
R H-M – ATTEMPTED MURDER- CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT
The Defendant was alleged to be a member of a gang from South London and was accused of being a party to a shooting which took place in Brixton. There were 4 co accused and a lengthy trial ensued during the course of which detailed cell site and ballistics evidence was deployed. The defendant was found not guilty after lengthy jury deliberations..
R V I – MANSLAUGHTER – CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT
An altercation took place in Tottenham during the course of which the victim was stabbed to death. The Defendant was acquitted of manslaughter after a lengthy trial.
R V B – MURDER – CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT
The Defendant was prosecuted following the death of a man at a party in Central London. The victim had collapsed in a Central London hotel and died as a consequence of blood loss. An exceptionally detailed investigation comprising telephone analysis, forensic testing and social media examination ensued and the Defendant was charged alongside 4 others with murder.
R V O – ATTEMPTED MURDER – SNARESBROOK CROWN COURT
This case centred upon a stabbing which took place in East London that was alleged to be gang related and was captured on CCTV. The Defendant was one of 3 who were accused of this offence.
R V V – ATTEMPTED MURDER – CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT
The Defendant was alleged to have shot another man on a crowded train and the incident was captured on CCTV. British Transport Police collated complex telephone evidence and witness statements from commuters in order to bolster their case. Various complex legal arguments were presented and the Defendant was acquitted of the main charge of attempted murder.
R V B – ATTEMPTED MURDER – HARROW CROWN COURT
The Defendant was prosecuted in connection with the near fatal stabbing of an alleged rival gang member in West London. The prosecution was founded upon identification of the Defendant by a police officer and CCTV footage which captured the incident. The Crown offered no evidence after detailed submissions were made in relation to the identification evidence.