Theresa Hunt
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CPS Grade 3
On the RASSO panel
Career overview
Theresa also has experience in cases of: homicide including cases of murder and manslaughter; violence; dishonesty; fraud and cases of a regulatory nature. Theresa possesses a particularly detailed knowledge of regulatory provisions, having contributed to a leading practitioners’ text in respect of regulatory law and provisions.
Practice Summary
Sexual offences:
R v M 2016: defence case of a middle-aged man accused of raping 3 complainants (aged 18-20) in various ways over a protracted period, coercing them into prostitution and sexually torturing them. Not guilty verdicts were secured in relation to many of the counts on the indictment, including rapes, but he was found guilty in respect of other counts.
R v F 2017: defence case of a mother who was jointly charged, with her partner and both paternal grandparents, with extreme sexual abuse and rapes of three of her children. The abuse included using live lizards to penetrate the vagina of one of the children.
R v P 2020: defence case involving sensitive and complex proceedings, representing an accused who had severe learning difficulties, ADHD and autism, for rape of a child under 13 who was impregnated and had a child as a result at the age of 12.
R v H 2021: defence case of a man who repeatedly raped and ultimately, impregnated a very young child who in consequence gave birth to a baby.
R v S 2022: defence case in a trial concerning an exceptionally harrowing “stranger rape” attack, the details of which were later used in a television documentary. This was a repeat rape offender who received a life sentence.
R v S 2022: successfully defended and secured a Not Guilty verdict in a rape case where there were complex and disputed scientific expert evidence and disclosure issues.
R v S 2023: defence case concerning a lengthy indictment spanning a period of years, involving a coercive and controlling relationship, multiple rapes including one at knifepoint and other violent offences.
R v H 2023: defence case in this 3-week-trial where there were four separate complainants which concerned twenty-one counts on the indictment of rape and other sexual offences; mixed verdicts were returned.
R v Y 2023: successfully defended and secured a Not Guilty verdict in an alleged oral rape case.
R v M 2024: successfully defended and secured a Not Guilty verdict in respect of an allegation of anal rape whereby the complainant was found naked and unconscious, leaking faeces, where the accused admitted a physical assault but denied sexual contact.
R v G 2024: successfully defended and secured Not Guilty verdicts in a rape trial where the alleged victim had provided sexual services for payment.
R v M 2024: successfully defended and secured Not Guilty verdicts in a rape trial where there were complex “section 41” issues due to both parties engaging in sexual activity with other witnesses during the timeframe of the alleged rape.
Child Cruelty and Child Abduction:
R v H 2021: defence case of a father accused of international child abduction.
R v O 2022: successfully defended and secured a Not Guilty verdict for a father facing allegations of child cruelty of his baby who sustained multiple grave injuries.
R v W 2024: defence case of a mother on trial, alongside the father, for causing or allowing a serious injury to a young baby by way of “baby shaking”.
R v C 2024: defence case concerning trafficking of a child for sexual exploitation.
Homicide:
R v S 2015: defence case of a man who was convicted of the murder of his friend, who had been living with him and both of their partners at the defendant’s home, in an oppressive arrangement whereby the deceased was compelled to renovate his house. The defendant dismembered the body of the deceased, distributed it into two suitcases and dumped these into a canal.
R v B 2016: defence case of young homeless man for double murder and attempted murder. The victim of the attempt murder was the husband of the deceased woman and the other deceased victim was their child. The defendant had been “taken in” by the family who had tried to help to change the fortunes of the defendant.
R v M 2020: defence case of a man who went on a stabbing spree around Birmingham City Centre, stabbing eight victims, involving counts of murder, attempted murder and section 18.
R v D 2023: defence case of the lead defendant in a five-week, five handed murder trial, representing the driver of the car which collided with the deceased and three other people and a dog. Two of the surviving victims were children who gave evidence and the third was left brain damaged.
Violence:
R v B 2018, Operation Crackle: successfully defended and secured Not Guilty verdicts to all counts in a retrial for conspiracy to commit armed robberies of cash in transit vans (G4S) and other offences.
R v M 2019: successfully defended and secured a Not Guilty verdict for a teacher, in a very sensitive case, whereby she faced an allegation of ABH against a disabled child at a special needs school.
R v S 2020: defence case concerning charges of attempted murder of three defendants who had stabbed each other.
Operation Harvest 2020: defence case involving wide scale conspiracies to commit extremely violent robberies and possession of firearms.
R v B 2021: defence case of attempted murder by one woman on another, using a stone statue as a weapon.
R v E 2021: successfully defended and secured Not Guilty verdicts to all counts on the indictment. The defendant drove after 3 young men who were driving mopeds and knocked them off their mopeds in a road rage incident, causing life changing injuries.
R v S 2022: successfully defended and secured Not Guilty verdicts to all 9 counts the indictment, including robbery, section 18 and possession of an imitation firearm.