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Rebecca Wade KC
Crime
28/11/2024

West Mercia Police praise Rebecca Wade KC in rape case that was “exceptionally well prosecuted”

Rebecca Wade KC prosecuted Royston Gill who was found guilty of multiple non-recent sexual offences committed against more than one child in Worcester between September 1996 and February 2002. The defendant pleaded not guilty but in what West Mercia...
Rebecca Wade KC & Marcis Harry
Crime
27/11/2024

Rebecca Wade KC, leading Marcus Harry, prosecutes two teenagers for the killing of 17 year old

Rebecca Wade KC, leading Marcus Harry, successfully prosecuted two teenagers for the killing of a fellow teenager in a park in Wolverhampton. The deceased was found with fatal stab wounds at West Park in March of this year. Following a trial at...
Rebecca Wade KC & Philip Beardwell
Crime
22/11/2024

Rebecca Wade KC, leading Philip Beardwell, successfully prosecuted man for manslaughter and ABH

The accused, Benjamin Wallbanks, first attacked a man outside the Pink nightclub in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, in September 2021, delivering a single blow that rendered him unconscious. Just eight weeks later, Wallbanks repeated the same act on Benjamin...
Ben Close & Tom Walkling
Crime
15/11/2024

Ben Close and Tom Walkling appear in monkey torture case

On 13th November 2024, two defendants were sentenced for their part in sharing material depicting the torture of monkeys, and commissioning a torture video, utilising torture methods upon which they had voted with the ‘winner’ choosing the...
Ben Close
Crime
11/11/2024

Ben Close appointed as a Recorder

We are pleased to announce that, on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, The Right Honourable Shabana Mahmood MP, and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Ben Close has been...
Charles Blatchford
Crime
01/11/2024

Charles Blatchord secures suspended sentence for man charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving

Charles Blatchford recently defended RH a night-shift worker who fell asleep at the wheel of their car, before crashing into a motorcyclist and causing significant, life-changing crush injuries. RH admitted to not sleeping properly in the two nights...
Darron Whitehead
Crime
29/10/2024

Darron Whitehead prosecutes student accused of murdering her newborn baby

Darron Whitehead, led by David Mason KC of No5 Barristers Chambers, prosecuted a Coventry University student accused of killing her newborn baby. The student, who had kept the pregnancy hidden, gave birth to the child in her student accommodation...
Rebecca Wade KC
Crime
21/10/2024

Rebecca Wade KC profiled on King’s Counsel Appointment Website

Rebecca Wade KC took Silk in 2023 and has had her profile added to the KC Appointments website, a site which annually publishes information regarding a small number of recently appointed KCs. You can read this very insightful and detailed overview of...
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