21st Aug 2018
Today the prosecution made a public statement, following the discontinuance of proceedings against Sir Norman Bettison yesterday, in justification of that decision. The hearing had been listed for an...
20th Aug 2018
Following a twelve week trial at the Central Criminal Court, Gavin Doig and Christopher Rose have secured the acquittal of a Newcastle man accused of assisting in a conspiracy to murder. The case...
30th Jul 2018
The Coroner hearing the inquest into the death of Private Sean Benton at Deepcut Barracks in 1995 has delivered his verdict. His Honour Judge Peter Rook QC described a toxic culture at the barracks...
26th Jul 2018
Nicholas Lumley QC and Chloe Hudson have successfully prosecuted James Sutcliffe, who shot another man in the head in a shipping container in Denholme, Bradford. The trial lasted for three weeks at...
23rd Jul 2018
On Friday 20th July 2018, Tom Wyllie and Alex Bolland were sentenced for conspiring together to carry out a recreation of the Columbine School massacre at their North Yorkshire secondary school. The...
18th Jul 2018
Nicholas Lumley QC and Chloe Fairley prosecuted the mother, grandmother and sister of a teenage boy who it was said was allowed to starve and "rot to death" in his own home. The mother and...
5th Jul 2018
George Ormond was charged with historic sex offences against young footballers both at local club level and in relation to young players at Newcastle United as well as participants on a Duke of...
19th Jun 2018
Jason Pitter QC and Adam Birkby appeared on behalf of the HSE in the prosecution of Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions. The company was fined £500, 000 with costs of nearly £200,000, following an...
14th Jun 2018
Ashkan Ebrahimi received a 20 year extended sentence following a trial on charges of possession of explosives with intent to endanger life and stalking police officers. The defendant who had amassed a...
14th Jun 2018
At Leeds Crown Court the jury heard that the forced marriage unit mounted a rescue operation in conjunction with the British High Commission in Bangladesh following contact by a British Citizen who...