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Timothy Hannam KC and Nicholas Tatlow are prosecuting Billy Allison who is standing trial at Stafford Crown Court accused of murder following a fatal one-punch attack.    The incident occurred the night of the 24th of May at the Ricco and Loren bar in Lichfield. Allison delivered a punch to the back of Matthew O’Gara’s […]

On Tuesday 20th October 2026 a jury at Stafford Crown court found Thomas Beckerleg, a former residential care worker at children’s homes in Staffordshire and Shropshire, guilty of eleven separate sexual offences against two looked-after children in his care.   Over the course of a seven-day trial, Graham Russell presented evidence from 10 witnesses, gathered

On 25th June 2026, Oumar Traore was convicted by a jury of the murder of Yassin Alama and having the zombie knife used to kill him on Hutton Road, in Birmingham. The murder, described by the sentencing Judge as “a shocking episode of violence on a residential street”, occurred on 16th November 2025 when Traore

Timothy Hannam KC is currently leading Rupert Jones prosecuting the trial of Jashan Singh at Wolverhampton Crown Court.   The prosecution case is that a fight broke out during Diwali celebrations at Phoenix Park, Wolverhampton, in October 2025. The prosecution allege that, at the end of the fight, Jashan Singh deliberately drove his car over

Gurdeep Garcha KC defends in the trial of Benjamin Day at Wolverhampton Crown Court.    The defendant, a 20 year old forensic science student, is alleged to have committed a “copycat” murder of a young woman, having become obsessed with the American television programme “Dexter”, in which the main character, a forensic scientist, is a

Benjamin Day, a forensic science student from Redditch, changed his plea to guilty on the second day of his trial, in which Rachel Brand KC and Daniel White were prosecuting.    The trial, estimated to last two weeks, was held at Wolverhampton Crown Court.    Day, who was 19 at the time of the murder,

The defendant travelled to Thailand with hand luggage only. On his return journey, he had two very large suitcases crammed full of cannabis.   The trial, at Birmingham Crown Court, lasting four weeks and involving multiple defendants, revolved around the question as to what the defendants knew about the contents of the suitcases they were

Gurdeep Garcha K.C. was successful in overturning a conviction for Assault by Beating against a police officer who has served West Midlands police for over 20 years.   The officer was off duty at the time of the incident. He was alleged to have launched a wholly unprovoked assault against a female at a barbecue,

Jamie Scott has prosecuted a man for multiple charges relating to the promotion of racial hatred online.    Over the course of a year, the defendant had posted from multiple accounts on X racist and anti-Semitic memes, slurs and threats, intending to stir up racial hatred. He had been referred to the Prevent strategy four

Ilana Davis represented the only defendant out of five to be acquitted after a two-week trial at Warwick Crown Court for section 18 wounding with intent.   The trial, which was before HHJ Montgomery KC, concluded on the 28th August 2026.    The prosecution case was that the five defendants had participated in a joint,