Homicide

Operation Curial, St Albans Crown Court

Represented a defendant charged with conspiracy to commit child destruction. This was one of the few times this offence has been prosecuted in England and Wales. Read more on the Daily Mail.

Operation Ewe, Luton Crown Court

Represented a defendant that was charged with the murder of his employee.

Operation Geneview, Central Criminal Court

Represented the defendant charged with the murder of Negus McClean that was killed by stabbing; this was a gang related case. Read more on the Guardian.

Operation Homebush, Central Criminal Court

Represented the defendant charged with the murder of Thierry Gnankumar in Lewisham. Read more on the BBC.

Operation Jardim, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant that was charged with the murder of Sabrina Moss on Kilburn High Road. Additional charges in this case were attempted murder, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. Read more on the Guardian.

Operation Jengan, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant acquitted of the murder of a victim who sustained six gunshot wounds inside a nightclub. The defendant was arrested in Jamaica and extradited to UK to stand trial.  He was ultimately acquitted. Read more on the BBC.

Operation Kappacorner, Central Criminal Court

Represented a client acquitted of murder and convicted of manslaughter.

Operation Laira, Central Criminal Court

Represented a client charged with the murder of his wife within the family home.  Read more on the BBC.

Operation Leweston, Central Criminal Court

Represented the defendant who was a youth and the youngest of eight defendants. He was charged with conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm which was linked to a murder. The defendant was acquitted after trial.

Operation Lightpill, Central Criminal Court

Representing a client who was one of eight that was charged with one count of murder, four counts of attempted murder and one count of violent disorder. Read more on the Sun.

Operation Lington, Central Criminal Court

Represented a client charged with one count of murder and two counts of possession with intent to supply and defended the client as such that he was acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter on a joint basis after a three-week trial.

Operation Maidenwell, Central Criminal Court

Represented a client that had been charged with one count of murder by allegedly carrying out a shooting using a Skorpian machine gun. Read more on the BBC.

Operation Manfield, Central Criminal Court

Represented the defendant who was charged with murder. The defendant had hit the deceased with a metal pole twice causing the death. The defendant was acquitted of murder.

Operation Marldon, Central Criminal Court

Represented a client who was one of three charged with murdering celebrity bodyguard Ricky Hayden. Read more in the Guardian.

Operation Nuneaton, Blackfriars Crown Court

Represented defendant accused of shooting man at point blank range whilst riding in the pillion seat on a motorcycle.

Operation Pandewan, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant charged with murder of a transgender woman in an airport hotel. This case also formed the subject matter for a Sky documentary. Read more on the Guardian.

Operation Patos, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant charged with murder by shooting and stabbing alongside 2 others. Case involved examination of drill and gang culture. Read more in the Daily Mail.

Operation Pipette, Central Criminal Court

Represented a client charged with causing and allowing the death of a vulnerable adult, who was a family member. The defendant was acquitted of murder.  Read more on the BBC.

Operation Rawlins, Central Criminal Court

Represented the defendant who was charged with murder with one other. The case was alleged by the Crown to be a “robbery gone wrong” where the deceased was stabbed. The defendant required an intermediary and he was acquitted of murder.

Operation Rossriver, Inner London Crown Court

Defendant was charged with murder with 2 others. this was a stabbing and the case involved complex legal arguments on bad character of the deceased.

Operation Rouf, St Albans Crown Court

Represented the defendant who was charged with conspiring to murder her husband with her boyfriend. The body was not found until 6 months after the start of proceedings on deceased’s own land.

Operation Rubytail, Nottingham Crown Court

Represented a defendant that was charged with murder along with seven others was accused of a botched revenge attack whereby they tried to set fire to a house whilst a mother and her three children slept. Read more on the Daily Mail.

R v A, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant that was charged with murder by stabbing to death a gang member in a bookmakers on Old Kent Road.

R v A, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant that was charged with murder and was in the context of Tamil gang fighting.

R v Anantharaja, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant in a Tamil gangland murder and attempted murder case.

R v Baboi, Birmingham Crown Court

Represented a defendant extradited from Romania to the UK to face charges of murder.  It was alleged that the Defendant murdered David McArthur, a quantity surveyor, after being invited into his home for sex, two weeks after he had been released from prison. Read more on the BBC.

R v B, Reading Crown Court

Represented the defendant who was charged with perverting the course of justice which was linked to a murder. The defendant was acquitted after trial.

R v Bucknor, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant charged with murder caused by shooting and then subsequently driving away. The prosecution alleged that defendant was a prominent member of a gang in south London.  Read more on the Daily Mail.

R v Dhaqane, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant charged with murder. The prosecution alleged that defendant was prominent member of a Somalian gang in north London. He was described during the trial as the main suspect. The defendant was acquitted of murder.

R v F, Inner London Crown Court

Represented the defendant who was charged with attempted murder. The defendant was found not guilty by reason of insanity and given a hospital order.

R v F, Reading Crown Court

Represented the defendant who was charged with murder. The defendant was extradited to the UK from St Vincent to stand trial three years after the incident took place. The defendant was acquitted of murder.

R v Garang, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant charged with the murder of a 23-year-old in the Woodgreen area. This was alleged to be a revenge attack stemming from a previous financial transaction.  Read more on the Guardian.

R v G, Harrow Crown Court

Represented the defendant who was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation. The total fraud value attributable is £2,375,360.63 across a total of 221 fraudulently opened bank accounts.

R v H, Central Criminal Court

Client and four others accused of two attempted murders, wounding with intent and possession of firearms with intent.

R v Jachimowicz, St Albans Crown Court

Represented a defendant charged with murder whereby it was alleged that he had killed his father and buried the body in the garden. The defendant was acquitted of murder.  Read more on the Daily Mail.

R v Jatana (2014) Kingston Crown Court

Represented a defendant that was charged with the attempted murder of a victim who suffered twenty-six wounds.

R v J, Reading Crown Court

Represented a defendant that was mentally challenged and was charged with the attempted murder of his mother by stabbing her on the back of her head.

R v J, Snaresbrook Crown Court

Represented a defendant that was charged with murder and manslaughter; he was accused of murdering his own father after the body was exhumed by police from the rear garden of their family home.

R v J, St Albans Crown Court

Assisted in preparation of the case where the defendant was charged with the murder of his father and the body had been buried in the garden. The defendant was acquitted of murder.

R v Kuci, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant charged with conspiracy to murder; an honour-based revenge attack was allegedly carried out by throwing acid. The defendant was acquitted of murder.  Read more on the Guardian.

R v Lumbango, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant in a murder by stabbing. The client was alleged to have serious involvement with south London gangs. Read more on the BBC.

R v Malik, Harrow Crown Court

Represented a defendant in an attempted murder on Empire Way, Wembley where the victim was stabbed nine times and was left with no recollection of the incident. The defendant was found not guilty. Read more on the Standard.

R v M, Central Criminal Court

Represented the defendant who was charged with the murder of his father. The defendant was vulnerable and suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. The defendant pleaded to a lesser offence of manslaughter with diminished responsibility.

R v Mclnerney, Woolwich Crown Court

Represented a defendant charged with the attempted murder of a police officer.

R v M, Harrow Crown Court

Represented a defendant in an attempted murder on Empire Way, Wembley where the victim was stabbed nine times and was left with no recollection of the incident.

R v Miah, Central Criminal Court

Represented the defendant in a murder case that became a landmark ruling in baby shaking murder prosecutions. The defendant was acquitted of murder.  Read more on the Telegraph.

R v MM, Central Criminal Court

R v Newes, Central Criminal Court

Represented the defendant who was charged with murder by way of a shooting in East London. The defendant was acquitted of murder.

R v OA (a youth), Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant charged with murder. This was a gang related case where the incident happened in broad daylight at a bookmakers on Old Kent Road. The defendant was acquitted of murder. Read more on the Metro.

R v Pham, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant charged with murder. The prosecution alleged that defendant was a prominent Vietnamese gang member and was involved in managing number of cannabis farms in South London area. The defendant was acquitted of murder. Read more on the BBC.

R v Reis Relvas, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant charged with murder. The defendant was known as a gang leader and prosecution alleged that attack was pre-planned by the defendant.  Read more on the BBC.

R v S, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant that was charged with the murder of Geeta Aulakh who was brutally hacked to death to preserve the defendant’s family honour.

R v SH, Inner London Crown Court

Represented a client tried for murder on 23 September 2019 in Southall, Middlesex. Detailed representations were made concerning CCTV, telephone and pathological evidence.

R v Singh, Central Criminal Court

Represented a defendant charged with murder. This was prosecuted as an honour-based crime. The defendant was alleged to have been contracted to carry out the killing.  Read more on the Guardian.

R v SS (2024) – “Op Hersey” - St Albans Crown Court

Representing a defendant charged with murder along with 2 others . The defendant pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was acquitted of murder after a one-month trial

R v Sultana, St Albans Crown Court

Represented a defendant charged with false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice in relation to a murder (the “thumb from the sky” case). The defendant was acquitted of murder.  Read more on the Times.

R v V, Cambridge Crown Court

Client accused of kidnaping his ex-wife and hiding the body after carrying out her murder.

R v WB & Others, Truro Crown Court