Cases
R v R – 2020 – Inner london Crown Court
Criminal Defence
Tom Worden insructed to defend in 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 C – 2020 – Wood Green Crown Court
Criminal Defence
Andrew Newton leading counsel and Satya Chotalia led counsel in multi – handed trial indicted with conspiracy to supply class A drugs , conspiracy to keep a brothel for purposes of prostitution and large scale money laundering. Acquitted of brothel keeping and money laundering
R v JK – 2020 – Ipswich Crown Court
Criminal Defence
Emma Nash represented Mr Kingston in this complex and difficult case, achieving through thorough and effective written and oral mitigation a just result in this extremely sad case.
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/18199393.sex-attacker-spared-jail-historic-abuse/
R v RS – 2020 – Woolwich Crown Court
Criminal Defence
David Lyons secured the release of a defendant on bail failing disclosure failures by the CPS preventing a domestic violence trial going ahead, leading to a potential breach of the CTL
R v B – 2020 – Harrow CC
Criminal Defence
Tom Worden instructed to defend 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 PS (2020) – Woolwich Crown Court
Criminal Defence
Mr Lyons defended in a firearms case centred around the “curio or ornament” exemption for antique firearms.
R v K – 2019 – Woolwich CC
Criminal Defence
David Lyons successfully defends in a nine handed gang-land kidnapping case. The complainant was found tied up half naked in the Defendant’s bath, the defence was that the whole kidnap had been faked to scam the complainant’s family.
R v B – 2020 – Basildon CC
Criminal Prosecution
Emma Nash prosecuting, secured the conviction of a care worker who had seriously and repeatedly sexually abused an elderly man with significant mental health illnesses he was charged with caring for in his own home.
R v Croft – 2020
Criminal Prosecution
Robin Croft, successfully prosecuted by Emma Nash of chambers, today(8/1/20) received 12 years imprisonment for his systemic and prolonged grooming and serious sexual abuse of a young man aged between 12 and 16.
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk-man-found-guilty-of-sex-offences-1-642471
R v D (2019) – Southwark CC
Criminal Defence
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.
Represented by Tom Worden