Adam Western defended Mike Rouse, a Worcestershire County Councillor, who was cleared of rape and assault by penetration at the end of a trial that started on Monday 10th March 2025 at Coventry Crown Court. The jury heard Mr Rouse had met the woman making the allegations at the wake following his brother’s funeral. Adam […]
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For his role in the prosecution of ‘Operation Scorecard’, Nicholas was awarded a Commendation by the Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police, Alex Franklin-Smith. The case concerned the investigation into an Organised Crime Group consisting of twenty-five conspirators who supplied multi-kilogram Class A and B controlled drugs that were couriered from Liverpool into and around Warwickshire,
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An 18 year old from Smethwick has been acquitted of West Bromwich murder following a trial at Bolton Crown Court. The defendant was represented by Gurdeep Garcha K.C. leading Sunit Sandhu (Equity Chambers, Birmingham) – instructed by Ranbir Mann of Mann & Co Solicitors The defendant who was 17 year old at the time was
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Jamie Scott secured the conviction of a defendant accused of rape and robbery after a seven-day trial at Birmingham Crown Court. The defendant had arranged to visit a prostitute in Ladywood in the summer of 2024, only to attend with his face covered, wearing gloves and carrying a loaded revolver. He demanded money from his
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Daniel White and Jas Dhaliwal of Citadel Chambers prosecuted in a longstanding case involving allegations of child cruelty and assault against the two defendant’s children and step children. The Birmingham couple who repeatedly beat, starved and neglected their children have been jailed. The mother was sentenced to seven years and five months imprisonment and the father to
Gurdeep Garcha K.C. is defending a Black Country teenager charged with the murder of a 15 year old who was stabbed to death in West Bromwich Town Centre in April 2024. The defendant is jointly charged with robbery and murder alongside a 13 year old. It is the prosecution case that the pair robbed a
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Daniel White, leading Mia McNevin, secured the convictions of two men involved in a largescale cocaine and heroin conspiracy after a 4-week trial, at Warwick Crown Court. Three of the defendants pleaded guilty at different stages of the court proceedings. Operation Jodami was an investigation into a professional and extensive County Line known as the
Jamie Scott, leading Omar Majid, secured the convictions of two men involved in a largescale cocaine conspiracy after a three-and-a-half week trial at Worcester Crown Court. The defendants were responsible for multiple kilograms of cocaine and cannabis being sourced and distributed around the East and West Midlands, and into the West Country, during the national
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Gurdeep Garcha K.C. is defending a Wolverhampton youth charged with the robbery and murder of a 17 year old, who was stabbed to death in a park in March 2024. The defendant is charged alongside another youth. It is the prosecution case that the defendants lured the victim and his friend to West Park, Wolverhampton
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A decision by a County Council to issue a noise abatement notice in respect of a large factory was judicially reviewed. Following advice to the County Council and drafting the detailed acknowledgment of service at short notice, the application for judicial review failed even to get past the permission stage. The Administrative Court ordered the
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