Tom Worden

R v R – Folkestone Magistrates’ Court. Representing a client in complex enforcement proceedings with available amount of £3.3m (including a tainted gift and hidden assets) and a default term of eight years.

R v S – 2020 (Kingston-Upon-Thames Crown Court) – A conspiracy to rob £37,000-worth of jewellery and watches in a professionally planned commercial robbery. The Crown’s case was based on police surveillance, DNA and cell-site evidence.

R v M – 2020 (Canterbury Crown Court) – M was accused of holding a knife to the complainant’s throat in a violent street robbery. Found not guilty by a jury of having a bladed article and convicted of robbery on the basis of a punch only (no knife).

R v P – 2020 (Peterborough Crown Court) – P, a serving prisoner, was charged with s.20 wounding on a prison officer after allegedly slashing the officer’s hand with a homemade knife. Acquitted by a jury after trial.

R v B – 2020 (Chelmsford Crown Court) – B was charged with fraud by false representation and theft. Following written submissions on weaknesses in the prosecution case the Crown offered no evidence, telling the court there was no realistic prospect of conviction.

R v H – 2020 (Maidstone Crown Court) – H was charged with conspiracy to burgle and aggravated vehicle-taking. The Crown offered no evidence following submissions on weaknesses in the prosecution case.

R v R – 2020 (Inner london Crown Court) – Operation Cullim. The prosecution said R had a leading role in two Class A drugs conspiracies selling heroin and crack cocaine worth £1,000-a-day for six months. Sentenced as Significant Role/Category 3 (5 years) following submissions.

R v B – 2020 (Harrow Crown Court) – B, who has a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, was charged with violently assaulting two schoolboys in random attacks in the street. He was found to be unfit to plead. Following a trial of the issue he was made subject to a s.37/s.41 hospital order with restrictions.

R v J – 2019 (Newport Crown Court) – J was described by the prosecution as the ‘prinicpal controlling member’ in two drugs conspiracies (Class A and Class B). He was also charged with an unrelated ABH at a pub which knocked out the victim’s tooth.  Sentenced to a total of 3 years 8 months following guilty pleas.

R v M – 2019 (Swansea Crown Court) – Operation Regent. M was a courier in a £1.2m Class A ‘county lines’ drugs conspiracy, working for a group trafficking cocaine and heroin into Wales from Liverpool. Sentencted to 3 years and 4 months following guilty pleas on a basis that was accepted by the prosecution.

R v D (2019) (Southwark Crown Court) – D was acquitted unanimously by a jury of assaulting an emergency worker (a police officer) who arrested him during a protest outside the Houses of Parliament at Westminster.

R v A (2019) (St Albans Crown Court) -Jury found A not guilty of assaulting an emergency worker (a police officer) and criminal damage, following cross-examination of the officer on breaches of PACE 1984 during an arrest.

R v L (Lewes Crown Court) – L was arrested in possession of numerous wraps of cocaine and ketamine, a ‘burner’ phone with outgoing drug dealing messages and a knife. Found not guilty of possession with intent to supply Class A and Class B drugs after trial.

R v S (Northampton Crown Court) – Successful submission of no case to answer on one count of attempted burglary and one of burglary. The jury unanimously found S not guilty on another count of burglary.

R v N (Sheffield Crown Court)– N was convicted after trial of possession of a firearm as a prohibited person (having previous convictions for preparing terrorist acts and possession of a firearm). He was sentenced to two years in prison following submissions in mitigation regarding his diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.

R v J (Chelmsford Crown Court)– successful appeal against conviction for a domestic assault by beating on a former partner, where the complainant and a friend both gave evidence for the prosecution.

R v B (Chelmsford Crown Court) – B pleaded guilty to PWITS Class A, having two previous Class A drug trafficking convictions. Sentenced to three-and-a-half years imprisonment following submissions in mitigation.

R v E (Croydon Crown Court) – E, who had three previous convictions for violence, appealed a sentence of 20 weeks’ custody for an assault by beating on a nightclub doorman. His sentence was reduced to a 12-month community order with a drug rehabilitation requirement.

R v Q (Southend Youth Court) ­–Q was accused of attempted burglary and handling £19,000-worth of stolen goods. The Crown served cell site evidence, phone records, ANPR and CCTV all said to incriminate Q, who was acquitted of both counts following a submission of no case to answer.

R v G (City of London Magistrates’ Court) – G, who had 13 previous convictions for burglary, stood accused of attempted burglary after two witnesses saw him climb scaffolding and smash the window on the third floor of a house in Fulham. He was acquitted after trial.

R v L – 2020 (Oxford Youth Court) – a knifepoint robbery in which the defendant held a lock-knife to the victim’s throat and beat him with an extendable baton. Defendant convicted after trial.

R v R – (Oxford magistrates’ court) – Prosecution of a transphobic hate crime under section 4A of the Public Order Act 1986 and assault by beating on an emergency worker. R was convicted of both offences after trial.

R v B (Luton magistrates’ court) – Prosecution of a racially aggravated public order offence under section 4A Public Order Act 1986 and obstructing a police officer. B was convicted of both offences after trial.

R v J (Catterick Military Court for sentence) – J, an Army explosives expert, failed to properly dispose of 2kg of gunpowder, causing an accident which left a fellow soldier with ‘appalling’ burns to his face. J avoided prison and was demoted by one rank after pleading guilty to negligent performance of a duty.