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Denise Breen-Lawton KC
Crime
02/01/2026

Denise Breen-Lawton KC Prosecutes Child Neglect Case

Denise Breen-Lawton KC prosecuted a 37 year old woman for a child cruelty against her 5-month-old baby who subsequently died. Natasha Birks was convicted of child cruelty in September at Stoke-On-Trent Crown Court. The jury heard how Natasha and a...
Paul Dhami
Crime
08/12/2025

Harinderpal Dhami Appears in Child Rape Retrial

Harinderpal Dhami, appeared for the defence in a retrial regarding child rape allegations after the jury at the first trial could not reach a verdict on the 6 counts the defendant was charged with. The accused, who married abroad and had only been in...
Jennifer Josephs
Crime
25/11/2025

Jennifer Josephs KC appears in the Court of Appeal for the CPS in an Appeal of a Crown Court Terminatory Ruling

Jennifer Josephs KC, leading Holly Sims of St Ives Chambers, appeared in the Court of Appeal on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service, appealing a terminatory ruling from a Crown Court. The appeal, which was allowed, involved consideration of the...
Denise Breen-Lawton KC
Crime
24/11/2025

Denise Breen-Lawton KC prosecutes Two-Handed Manslaughter & Attempted Robbery Case

Denise Breen-Lawton KC, leading Graham Russell of Citadel Chambers, prosecuted a manslaughter case involving an 83-year-old man who died from injuries inflicted during an attempted robbery. The case addressed complex issues of causation, which were...
Crime
05/11/2025

Henry Skudra prosecutes police corruption and money laundering case, securing lengthy prison sentences

Henry Skudra, led by Dafydd Enoch KC, secured lengthy prison sentences in a case involving police corruption and money laundering. This had followed an investigation by the Met’s Anti-Corruption and Abuse Command. Following the successful...
Catherine Ravenscroft
Crime
28/10/2025

Catherine Ravenscroft Prosecutes for the Crown in Conversion of Criminal Property Linked to Murder

Catherine Ravenscroft prosecuted a conversion of criminal property case linked to a murder. The defendant pawned a necklace which had been stolen in a robbery committed by the defendant’s son (and a gang of others) which resulted in a murder....
Jonathan Barker
Crime
21/10/2025

Jonathan Barker Secures Conviction in Attempted Murder Case

Jonathan Barker secured a conviction in the trial of Leon Haughton. The jury heard evidence that Haughton had placed tracking devices on his victim’s car and followed him to a local nature reserve, where he shot him at close range with a sawn-off...
Denise Breen-Lawton KC
Crime
25/09/2025

Denise Breen-Lawton KC Secures Guilty Verdict in Child Neglect Case

Last week Denise Breen-Lawton KC successfully prosecuted a woman in her 30s for an offence of cruelty by neglect of a 5-month-old baby. This sensitive and harrowing case involved complex issues of law and the tragic death of the baby. The case has...
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