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Peter McCartney

Year of Call: 1983

CPS Grade: 4
 

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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.

Areas Of Specialism

Drugs & Gang-Related Offences, Murder & Manslaughter, Sexual Offences

Career overview

After 5 years as a commercial lawyer in London, has practised in criminal law since 1988.

Practice Summary

Peter is a grade 4 prosecutor with specialties in sexual offences an notable experience in serious fraud, money laundering and murder. He is a member of the Rape and Serious Sexual Offence (RASSO) Panel. 

 

Details of practice

Instructed for both the defence and prosecution (Grade 4) in the most serious of criminal cases including homicide (as both a leader and a junior), serious offences of violence, rape and other serious sexual offences, large frauds and other offences of dishonesty, drugs supply conspiracies and large scale public disorder.

Particularly experienced in cases of historical sexual offences and in the cross-examination of very young witnesses in allegations of sexual offences.

Recent instructions for the defence have included:
Murder and Manslaughter:
  • Murder of gay lover; the entire crown case rested on DNA evidence and the issue was whether victim had been assaulted elsewhere and returned home, or had been killed at home.
  • Attempted murder by 15 year old gang member in drugs dispute.
Sexual Offences:
  • Rape of 10 year old girl (now 50) by teacher in the 1970’s.
  • Sexual assaults of 8-year-old boy by uncle (65-years-old).
Drugs and Gang-Related Offences:
  • Conspiracy to steal metals from the railways, and to launder money: seven separate thefts by gang including of live cable valued at £125,000 but also causing major disruption to the networks.
  • 16 defendant conspiracy to supply Class A & B drugs, and money laundering of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Other notable cases:
  • Port Vale v Barnsley violent disorder.
  • Trading Standards prosecution of company for fraudulent and aggressive trading involving more than 300 complainants.
  • Theft from company of tens of thousands of pounds by Finance Director.
  • English Defence League march ending in large scale public disorder in Birmingham.

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  • 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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