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Anthony Warner

Year of Call: 1979

CPS Grade: 4
 

 

Direct Access

Accredited by the Bar Council and in suitable cases he is happy to accept instructions direct from members of the public. Please see the Direct Access section of this website for further information.

Continuing Professional Development

Tony is an accredited Midland Circuit Advocacy teacher.

Areas Of Specialism

Drugs & Gang-Related Offences, Licensing, Sexual Offences

Career overview

Tony is a grade 4 and rape prosecutor who specialises in criminal prosecution and defence. He was awarded an Everard ver Heyden foundation prize by the Inns of court school of law for academic excellence. He is also a member of Rape and Serious Sexual Offence (RASSO) Panel. 

Tony is well known around the Midland Circuit, appearing most frequently in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Hereford and Leamington Spa.

Practice Summary

Judicial appointment

Recorder of the Crown Court

Details of practice

Tony is a specialist criminal practitioner who is retained by both the prosecution and defence in all areas of criminal practice in the Crown Court. His principal areas are; murder & manslaughter, non-fatal offences against the person, firearms, drugs and serious sexual offences of past and present.

Tony has experience of cases involving the possession and use of firearms, cases involving covert police surveillance operations/public interest immunity issues.

Grade 4 CPS prosecutor.

Recent instructions have included:

Drugs and gang-related offences
  • A ‘test purchase’ case involving over 25 defendants in the black country.
  • A led conspiracy to supply class A drugs by defendants inside and outside of prison where the main evidence was many hours of recorded phone calls to and from the prison.
  • A lead conspiracy involving the covert supply of class A drugs to under cover police officers.
Sexual offences:
  • A 10-year-long abuse case towards a neighbour’s child from the age of 4 involving grooming alongside sexual abuse of two teenage girls who were drawn into a mature relationship with the defendant.
  • A man forcing his 4-year-old granddaughter to perform a sexual act on him while babysitting.
  • A social worker abusing a boy in a children’s home. The defendant was head of the home in the 1970’s.
Other notable cases:
  • A death by driving case where the defendant cashed a car, killing his girlfriend who was a passenger. The defendant alleged the deceased girlfriend had been driving.
  • A ‘punishment beating’ where the defendant kicked and punched their victim into unconsciousness and breaking every bone in the jaw.
  • A planned attack where a spurned lover hired two hit men to shower a woman with acid upon opening a door.
  • An attempted murder/insanity case involving a police officer who was stabbed while attending a Mosque.

 

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These are a few examples of courses in which our members have been involved:

  • Witness familiarisation with trainee police officers and special constables from Northamptonshire Police, where the officers were questioned regarding their statements about ‘mock’ arrest exercises
  • Similar exercises with detectives from the West Midlands Police
  • Witness familiarisation with officers of the Northamptonshire Probation Service.  These officers were given training on the process of giving evidence in sentencing hearings in the Magistrates Court and Crown Court
  • Expert witness familiarisation and training, with expert witnesses such as independent Forensic Scientists, and officers of the Health and Safety Executive. The exercises involved questioning regarding expert reports prepared by the participants

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