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Citadel Chambers are delighted to announce that Rupert Jones has been appointed as a Recorder by the King on the advice of the Lord Chancellor. Rupert has been deployed to the Midlands Circuit and will sit in the Crown Court. Rupert will continue as a member of Chambers and will integrate his new role into […]

Jamie Scott has successfully prosecuted a defendant accused of orally raping a woman too drunk to consent outside a nightclub in Stoke. The defendant was unanimously convicted after a four-day trial at Stoke-on-Trent and sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment. The defendant had found the victim slumped in an alcove by a nightclub on a Sunday

Following a ballot of its membership, the Criminal Bar Association announced earlier this morning that the deal negotiated by  it, on behalf of the Criminal Bar,  has been accepted. The strike action that has been ongoing will cease today. We want to thank you for the absolute support and understanding we have received through what has been a

An 18 year old from Smethwick has been acquitted of murder following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court. The defendant, represented by Gurdeep Garcha KC leading Mohammed Naser – instructed by Sadia Mahmood of M & N Solicitors, Birmingham – was charged alongside two other defendants with murder and possession of a bladed article. The

A 14 year old from Birmingham has been acquitted of murder following an 11 week trial at Birmingham Crown Court. The youth, represented by Gurdeep Garcha KC leading Lynette McClement – instructed by Maslen Merchant of Hadgkiss Hughes & Beale Solicitors, Birmingham – was charged alongside four other defendants with murder, manslaughter and violent disorder.

Henry was instructed to pursue a confiscation order against Robert Child who had murdered his mother for financial gain. Unusual issues involving the Forfeiture Act 1982 and the ambit of s76(4) POCA 2002 (ie what property was obtained ‘as a result of or in connection with the [criminal] conduct’) had to be grappled with as

Jas Dhaliwal secured the acquittal of his client following legal submissions and representations made to the Prosecution. Jas’s client was charged with Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm (ABH). The client was a prison officer alleged to have beaten a prisoner in his own cell. The attack was said to have been witnessed by other prisoners

Retired Worcestershire farmer David Venables was sentenced yesterday, Wednesday 20th July to a life sentence and a minimum term of 18 years’ imprisonment following his conviction for murder. Timothy Hannam QC and Adam Western, instructed by Sarah Brady of Lister Brady solicitors, defended Mr Venables in a five-week trial at Worcester Crown Court. The jury deliberated for

A man has been acquitted of Attempting to Inflict Grievous Bodily Harm at Wolverhampton Crown Court. Ilana Davis represented the defendant, who suffered more serious injuries during the incident than the complainant. Experts had advised on the cause of the defendant’s injuries and blood found on items at the scene. Crucially, no blood was found

R v Faris Uddin [2022] EWCA Crim 751 Simon Rippon successfully opposed the Crown’s application to increase Faris Uddin’s sentence, and  successfully argued for a change in the law concerning the lawfulness of suspending a sentence of imprisonment under the ’two strikes’ legislation. Westlaw has described the decision a ‘significant judgment’ made by a fully