Practice area
Criminal offences and defences, sentencing, criminal appeals, confiscation and proceeds of crime, and criminal procedure and evidence.
The National Crime Agency, an enforcement authority under section 316 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, investigated Jack Moore, a British national believed to reside in Newcastle upon Tyne, and Timepiece Trading Limited, the…
The applicant, Najib Arab, was convicted after trial at the Crown Court at Cardiff of requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour contrary to section 1(1)(b) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The complainant was a…
Ms Orawan Thomas ran the Royal Orchard Thai Massage Parlour in Cathays, Cardiff; she is disabled with mobility difficulties, having contracted polio as a child. At 18:00 on 17 February 2024 the appellant, Connor Probert…
The appellant, Jenniver Harris, left the King of Wessex Public House in Basingstoke on 26 September 2023 in a state of considerable distress following an ongoing argument with her ex-partner over the telephone. CCTV footage from…
The applicant, Jack Watkin, was prosecuted in the Crown Court at Chester on two distinct sets of offending. He first came to police attention over a fraud: passing himself off as a person of substantial means, he persuaded…
The appellant, Sunil Shah, was sentenced in the Crown Court at Bradford before His Honour Judge Nadim to 7 years and 6 months' custody for causing grievous bodily harm with intent contrary to section 18 of the Offences Against…
The appellant, Jennifer Clare Hopkins, ran an animal sanctuary on a large farm near Whitland, taking in stray and rescue dogs without charge; she kept 29 dogs, among them Carpathian Mountain dogs, a large breed of livestock…
The appellant, Jonathan Rhys Davies, was sentenced in the Crown Court at Cardiff on 11 September 2025 by HHJ Rhys Rowlands for four offences. Shortly after his release from prison he stole from the same Boots store in Cardiff on…
Alex Fenton, now aged 27 and aged 23 at the time, faced two indictments in the Crown Court at Cambridge. In the early hours of 7 August 2022 he was arguing with a young woman in a city centre; the victim, Mark Ireland, and his…
The applicant, Shay Shaw, was 15 years and 11 months old at the time of the offending. In the early hours of 26 October 2024, Joe and Billy Raymond were walking their dog in Canning Town in East London when two men got out of a…
Zaheed Hossen was stopped with his wife, Ms Amina Ahmed, by police at London Stansted airport on 8 August 2020 as they travelled to Turkey. Police retained his mobile telephone and, on examination, found documents relating to…
The appellant, Ashley Burt, then aged 40, had an extensive criminal record: 49 convictions for 95 offences committed over the 20 years between March 1999 and February 2019, including 7 offences against the person, 24 offences…
The applicant, referred to as "YGW" pursuant to an anonymity order made because he, his co-defendants and both victims were under 18, was 15 years and 5 months old at the time of two robberies committed in Birmingham on 7 January…
The appellant, now 24, sent unsolicited WhatsApp messages to a 14-year-old girl. On 22 January 2024 the complainant's father confiscated her mobile phone after a family member raised concerns about videos she was posting on…
The applicant, Leighton Ashby, and his co-defendant Oakley Hollands were students at Plumpton Agricultural College, both from agricultural backgrounds. On the night of 2 and 3 November 2023, after drinking alcohol, Mr Hollands…
Four attacks in which ammonia was sprayed into the faces of drug dealers took place in the Newcastle area over 12 days in August 2023. Mark Dickinson was attacked at home on 9 August 2023, Jonathan Hay on 12 August, and Nicola…
The appellant, Dylan Kyle Cathrae, now 21, committed a series of offences against his former partner ("C1") between the ages of 17 and 20. The two began a relationship in 2021 when both were 15 and were living together by the…
The appellant, Michael Hanlon, then aged 45, faced three separate indictments in the Crown Court at Cardiff. The first concerned a theft on 7 February 2025, when he was seen walking along the railway tracks between Danescourt and…
The appellant was convicted on 18 August 2025, following a trial in the Crown Court at Newcastle Upon Tyne before Her Honour Judge Mallett and a jury, of two offences of causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual…
The appellant, Darren Robert James, pleaded guilty on 24 February 2026 in the Crown Court at Gloucester before Mr Recorder Pakrooh to an indictment containing two counts: burglary contrary to section 9(1)(b) of the Theft Act 1968…