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Rachel Brand KC and Nicholas Berry prosecuted two teenagers (aged 19 and 16 years) convicted by a jury of murder following a three-week trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
The victim, 18 year old Jack Lowe, was stabbed in an unprovoked and premeditated attack within an area of grassland in Darlaston near Walsall. After the attack the defendants were seen and heard on CCTV footage to be celebrating as they left the scene. The defendants will be sentenced in
Henry Skudra successfully applies for warrant of commitment in huge tax fraud confiscation matter.
A defendant in one of the largest ever tax fraud cases, Operation Amazon (prosecuted at trial and confiscation by Tim Hannam K.C.), failed to pay anything but £70,409.56 of his £ multi-million confiscation order. Owing over £3.46 million, the defendant was ordered to serve a further 8 years and 9
Dan White prosecuted motorist Lloyd Ferguson for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving. He received a sentence of 6 years and 9 months imprisonment and has been disqualified from driving for 9 years.
Ferguson, aged 65, was traveling at triple the 20mph speed limit on Pershore Road when he knocked 27-year-old Sisey Bilay off his moped. Mr Bilay sustained fatal injuries at 8.05pm on June 27 last year. Ferguson admitted causing death by dangerous driving at Birmingham Crown Court and was sentenced to six years and nine months and
Defendant accused of conspiracy to supply 192kg of cocaine – street value of over £19 million is unanimously acquitted after 45 mins’ deliberation by the jury.
Caroline Harris successfully defended in a case alleging large scale drug importation. The police uncovered an intended drugs consignment in the South of England disguised as a pallet of frozen chicken. In 24 boxes 8kg of cocaine were discovered. The police seized the drugs and repackaged the consignment, using reams of
Henry Skudra successfully represents insurance company in ‘crash for cash’ private prosecution: recovering all costs.
Henry, kindly instructed by Benedict Harper of DWF Law LLP, represented an insurer in a private prosecution for fraud. After a 4-day trial the Defendant was unanimously convicted of 2 counts of fraud – receiving an 18-month suspended sentence order. Henry also successfully obtained an order for the entirety of
Nicholas Berry successfully opposes appeal against sentence in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
The Appellant was one of a large number of defendants in a major drug operation who was convicted, following trial, of conspiracy to supply class A drugs. He sought to appeal his sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment. Nicholas was instructed by the prosecution to oppose the appeal. The contested appeal was heard before Lord