A 21 year old man from Sheldon, Birmingham has been acquitted of murder following a trial at Leicester Crown Court, following a 5 week trial. The defendant was represented by Gurdeep Garcha K.C. leading Kevin Metzger (Great James Street Chambers, London) – instructed by Masawar Iqbal of IB Legal. The defendant, who was a serving […]
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On the 3rd October 2022, the defendant’s car was involved in a fatal collision with a trainee paramedic riding a Kawasaki motorcycle. The collision, which was fully captured on distressing CCTV, occurred on the B4206 at the junction ofHenwick Road and Oldbury Road in the St. John’s area of Worcester. On the afternoon of that
Daniel White recently defended Edward Spencer, who appeared before HHJ Lockhart K.C. in Leamington Justice Centre, for three offences of causing death by careless driving and three offences of causing grievous bodily harm by careless driving. Mr Spencer drove carelessly by speeding on a country road resulting in a collision with another vehicle. He had
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
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