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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 Prosecutes 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...

Philip Beardwell
Crime
23/09/2025

Philip Beardwell Secures Life Sentence for Coventry Knife Attacker

On 18th September, Philip Beardwell prosecuted Kevin Coleman for offences of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and having a bladed article in a public place. The case was a late return from a CPS in-house lawyer. Coleman’s...