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Rachel Brand KC and Adam Western defended Carla Scott when she was tried for the murder of her 9-year old son, Alfie Steele.  The jury at Coventry Crown Court cleared Ms Scott of murder.  She was convicted of Alfie’s manslaughter.  Mr Justice Wall sentenced Ms Scott, 35, on 15th June

Jas Dhaliwal prosecuted two armed robbers who targeted Spar, Tesco and Sainsbury’s stores in Stourbridge over just a two day period in March 2022. Peter Marsden and Stephen Beckley were sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court for offences of robbery and possession of imitation firearms. The pair attended the stores with

Rachel Brand KC represented Williams Kokolo, who was acquitted by the unanimous verdict of the Jury following his trial at Coventry Crown Court. The Burton Albion player was accused of rape following an encounter with a woman he met on a dating app. He had always maintained that the sexual

Sania Shabbir, 26, was jailed for 4½ years on 14th June 2023 for killing Martyn Gall, 40 and causing life changing injuries to James Middleton, 31, on the A441 near Redditch just before 8am on Saturday 14th November 2020. Adam Western, prosecuting Shabbir, told Birmingham Crown Court that the two

In proceedings taking over 2 ½ years and following extensive legal argument on appeal, Henry succeeding in demonstrating that the Police failed to make the relevant applications within the tight statutory time limits and did not follow the very strict rules of procedure set out in Part 5 of P.O.C.A.

Syed Ahmed, leading Llewellyn Culver-Evans of Church Court Chambers, represented a client charged with conspiracy to supply class a drugs, in a four-week trial at St Albans Crown Court. The prosecution outlined a large-scale drugs operation, distributing multiple kilograms of cocaine throughout the Hertfordshire area, with the use of highly