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Justin’s client was accused of starting a large fire in a multi-occupancy house in what the prosecution characterised as a spiteful attack by the defendant on the person living in the room above the fire. Justin’s client was unanimously acquitted by the jury having been positively identified as having started…

Ed’s client was charged with offences alleged to have been committed when he was just 17 years old and were not reported until five years later. Ed’s client was unanimously acquitted on all counts.   Ed Butler was instructed by Kiran Gibson of Blackfords Solicitors.

Following a trial at the Old Bailey, the defendant (DS) was unanimously acquitted of assaulting a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh in 2020.   The Crown alleged that DS had held his cell door closed, making it difficult for other prison officers to enter the cell, whilst his co-defendant (E)…

Anoushka Twining, instructed by Robert Perkins of Football Law Associates, successfully applied to exclude core identification evidence at trial, resulting in the Crown having to offer no evidence against two clients, Mr Poulton and Mr Drummond.   The two young men were said to have been involved in a large…

This case concerned two attacks, hours apart. The first one involved an attempt to invade the victim’s mum’s home to attack him with machetes, swords and poles.  The second happened hours later in a nearby location where the second victim was caught alone in the street, surrounded by armed gang…

Following three days of evidence including expert evidence, Gabriella Fearns made a submission of no case to answer, unusually at the close of the defence case, which resulted in the acquittal of her client at Harrow Crown Court of being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control where a…

Following a trial at Harrow Crown Court, the defendant was acquitted of both charges of raping his partner. The police investigation had begun after the Defendant told first his partner, then police, that he had sexual assaulted his 7 year old step daughter. Shortly afterwards, the Defendant’s partner reported to…

  Chambers are delighted to announce that Justin McClintock has been nominated for Crime & Extradition Junior of the year 2023 at the Legal 500 UK Bar Awards.   The awards are determined based on The Legal 500’s market-leading independent research for the annual directories.   The winners will be…

Following a trial at Harrow Crown Court, the defendant was acquitted of violent disorder by a jury. The defendant was one of a number of fans who responded to a male attacking passers-by with both pepper spray and physical violence at the finals of the Euro 2020 competition. The defendant…

Robert Evans concludes prosecution of Operation Teebo. Operation Teebo was an investigation into high value drug conspiracies using complex evidence including surveillance, forensics and phone evidence. After trials the defendants were sentenced to a total of 61 years years and a £1.4 million confiscation order was imposed. See https://news.met.police.uk/news/five-men-jailed-for-61-years-for-drugs-offences-467189    …