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Lisa Hancox & Annabel Hale
Crime
23/05/2025

32 Years’ Jail Time Imposed for Attempted Murder after Prosecution by Lisa Hancox and Annabel Hale

Lisa Hancox, leading Annabel Hale, secured a conviction in the trial of Raydell Lennox. The Defendant carried out a ‘planned execution’ in which the wrongly identified victim, was left blind following a gunshot to the head.  On Monday...
Jennifer Josephs KC & Lucinda Wilmott-Lascelles
Crime
16/05/2025

Jennifer Josephs KC & Lucinda Wilmott-Lascelles Secure Murder Convictions Against Siblings

Jennifer Josephs KC, leading Lucinda Wilmott-Lascelles, instructed by the Crown, prosecuted the trial of brother and sister Isaiah and Mya Marsh in Birmingham. The Defendants murdered a man, who died from multiple stab wounds in a brutal knife attack...
Ben Close & Matthew Cullen
Crime
12/05/2025

60+ Years’ Jail Time Imposed on Organised Crime Group after Successful Prosecution by Ben Close & Matthew Cullen

Ben Close and Matthew Cullen successfully prosecuted five defendants who were part of a crime group distributing hundreds of kilos of cocaine across the UK.  Amongst drugs seized police also recovered a loaded firearm, hundreds of thousands of...
April Beech
Crime
12/05/2025

April Beech secures sentence reduction at the Court of Appeal

The Defendant was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court in February for two counts of Possession with Intent to Supply Class A Drugs. April was granted leave to appeal and appeared before Lord Justice Green...
Charles Blatchford
Crime
01/05/2025

Charles Blatchford Achieves Not Guilty Verdict for Juror Following Prosecution for an Offence Under the Juries Act

Charles Blatchford, instructed by Mr Asad Khan of Hussain Solicitors, recently secured a Not Guilty verdict for a client prosecuted for an offence under the Juries Act- juror carrying out research. The prosecution arose from allegations that the...
Kevin Hegarty KC
Crime
07/04/2025

Kevin Hegarty KC Successfully Prosecutes Teenager for Murder of 13-year-old

Kevin Hegarty KC has successfully prosecuted a teenager for the murder of 13-year-old Jahziah Coke. Jahziah was found fatally stabbed in a house in Oldbury, near Birmingham, in August 2024. The defendant, who denied the murder, fled the scene but was...
Ben Douglas-Jones KC
Crime
04/04/2025

How is AI changing Criminal Law?

Ben Douglas Jones KC has co-authored a timely new book AI in Criminal Law (Bloomsbury Professional). The book offers insights for legal practitioners facing the growing integration of AI into criminal justice systems. With practical perspectives on...
Rebecca Wade KC & Callum Church
Crime
03/04/2025

Rebecca Wade KC leads Callum Church in the prosecution of a 7-defendant trial

The indictment alleges that the Defendants, and an eighth who pleaded guilty before trial, were involved in supply Class A drugs in Birmingham between November 2023 and June 2024.
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