5th Apr 2024
Robert Smith KC and Matthew Donkin acted for the prosecution in the successful prosecution of Piran Ditta Khan for the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky 18 years after her death. The defendant had fled...
15th Feb 2024
Robert Smith K.C. and Matthew Donkin were instructed to prosecute five members of the same family for offences of causing or allowing a vulnerable adult to suffer serious physical injury, contrary to...
13th Nov 2023
On 10 November 2023 Joe Metcalfe was sentenced to an extended sentence of 14 years 32 months and 4 days in relation to terrorism offences, rape and other offences. The sentencing hearing followed...
20th Oct 2023
New Park Court retains its standing on the North Eastern Circuit and ‘The Regions’ and leads the rankings in the 2024 edition of Chambers and Partners as a Band 1 set for Crime, with Robert Smith...
28th Apr 2023
Matthew acted for the prosecution in this case against two defendants who had acquired extremely rare Anglo Saxon coins. The coins were treasure from a hoard and of high monetary value but were also...
26th Jan 2023
Nicholas de la Poer KC and Matthew Donkin have successfully defended PM who was accused, together with another man, of the murder of Bradley Wall in Leeds during the summer of 2022. The prosecution...
2nd Nov 2021
Matthew Donkin, originally led by Robert Smith Q.C. and subsequently by Jonathan Sandiford Q.C., was instructed as junior for the prosecution of Keith Hall for the killing of Rachel Wilson. The...
2nd Nov 2021
New Park Court retains its standing on the North Eastern Circuit and ‘The Regions’ and leads the rankings in the 2022 edition of Chambers and Partners as a Band 1 set for Crime, with Paul Greaney...
15th Dec 2020
Matthew Donkin, leading Michael Bunch of the CPS, has successfully completed the prosecution of multiple defendants under the title of Operation Elba, for conspiring to carry out a shooting in...
2nd Nov 2020
New Park Court retains its standing on the North Eastern Circuit and ‘The Regions’ and leads the rankings in the 2021 edition of Chambers and Partners as a Band 1 set for Crime, with both Robert...