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Ben Close & Lucinda Willmott-Lascelles
Crime
11/03/2026

Ben Close leading Lucinda Wilmott-Lascelles prosecute 12 defendants who received almost 150 years’ imprisonment

OPERATION GOLIATH: On 9 March 2026, Ben Close leading Lucinda Wilmott-Lascelles concluded the prosecution of 12 defendants who were involved in a conspiracy which encompassed the importation and distribution of approximately a metric tonne of...
Rebecca Wade KC
Crime
09/03/2026

Rebecca Wade KC’s client acquitted of murder

Rebecca Wade KC represented Mohammed Rayhan who was found not guilty of murder and possession of an offensive weapon in Operation Ensham, following a trial lasting just under five weeks at Manchester Crown Court. Rebecca Wade KC was instructed by...
Crime
05/03/2026

Zaheer Afzal’s Client Acquitted in Conspiracy to Supply Cocaine Case

Zaheer Afzal represented ABG, one of 23 defendants charged as part of Operation Kingsman. Operation Kingsman was an investigation by the East Midlands Special Operations Unit into a year-long conspiracy to supply multiple kilos of cocaine across the...
Lee Marklew KC
Crime
05/03/2026

Lee Marklew’s KC client acquitted in manslaughter case

Lee Marklew KC represented one of two defendants charged with manslaughter. The prosecution alleged that the client, together with his fourteen-year-old son, had carried out a revenge attack upon the deceased after he had assaulted the son in the...
Crime
03/03/2026

Third Party Interests in Confiscation & Forfeiture Proceedings

Join Henry Skudra for a webinar, delivered in partnership with MBL Seminars, tackling one of the most challenging and fast-evolving areas of proceeds of crime. Whether as part of the defence case or seeking simply to assert rights in assets, third...
Matthew Cullen
Crime
20/02/2026

Matthew Cullen Represents Man Handed Suspended Sentence in Bomb Hoax Case

Matthew Cullen represented a man charged after making a bomb hoax call to a major shopping centre in Telford. The call led to a mass evacuation leading up to a busy bank-holiday weekend and the full mobilisation of all police officers in the Telford...
Jennifer Josephs
Crime
11/02/2026

Jennifer Josephs KC prosecutes three brothers for the murder of Mohammed Khan

Three brothers have been convicted of the murder of 22-year-old Mohammed Khan, with a fourth man convicted of his manslaughter, following a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court which concluded on 4 February 2026. The victim had initiated the violence...
Lisa Hancox & Robert Ward
Crime
10/02/2026

Lisa Hancox, leading Robert Ward, prosecute following Birmingham shooting

Lisa Hancox, leading Robert Ward, represented the prosecution in the trial of Casiim Montgomery and Eessa Alam at Birmingham Crown Court. Following a jury trial, Montgomery and Alam were each convicted of two counts of attempted murder, possession of...
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