15NBS Chambers

Charles Evans secures convictions in the prosecution of a former Catholic Priest, now aged 76, for offences committed by him on one of his parishioners, then aged 14 to 15. The offences complained of, committed in the 1980s, include what would now be termed rape and attempted rape of a…

Gabriella Fearns successfully appealed a term of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. The Court of Appeal agreed that the term imposed in the Crown Court was not necessary, was disproportionate and lacked an evidential basis. Gabriella Fearns was instructed by Nick Brown of Frame Smith Solicitors

Chloe served an extensive written application to dismiss the charge, submitting that the Crown were unable to prove the aggravated element of the offence due to inconsistencies in witness accounts, lack of forensic evidence relating to the weapons and the fact serious injuries were sustained by MR and his co-defendant…

Beth Crocker, being led by Melanie Simpson KC (Doughty Street Chambers) , has just finished a 7 week trial at the Old Bailey. Their client was accused of tying up and strangling a pensioner to obtain her life savings before embarking on a shopping spree. The deceased’s body had been…

Helen Dawson successfully argued for a suspended sentence for her client, SH, who was sentenced for kidnap and assault. SH, together with another, kidnapped a 16-year-old boy, taking him from the street and assaulted him before forcing him to apologise to another who they believed he had wronged.   Helen…

Following a three-day trial in Isleworth Crown Court (sitting at Holborn Nightingale Court), the defendant, who had been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated intentional harassment, alarm, or distress at Notting Hill Carnival in 2022, was unanimously acquitted.   The Crown relied on the live evidence of three police officers,…

Following a 5-day trial at Leicester Crown Court, the defendant, a man of good character, was acquitted of rape.  The defendant had only been 16 at the time of the incident. The defendant had been a school friend of the complainant, and she was supported in her testimony by another…

Today a young client was acquitted at the Old Bailey of Murder, Robbery and Violent Disorder arising from an incident in Montrose Park, Edgware in May 2021.   Instructed by Ferdi Achom of Achom & Partners Tana Adkin KC and Ruth Zentler-Munro represented a teenage defendant alleged to have taken…

Markus Findlay has secured a suspended sentence for a client convicted of supplying Class A drugs (heroin and crack cocaine) in the West Sussex area.   The client, who initially faced an 8-count indictment, was arrested by police in April 2021 in a car containing the drugs and several weapons,…

Sarah represented a man of good character accused of three counts of sexual assault against two of his colleagues at a work Christmas party. At the conclusion of the prosecution case and after all witnesses had been cross-examined, the trial judge agreed with Sarah’s submission of no case to answer…