R v. Kamara: Southwark Crown Court
Representing a 24-year-old former professional footballer who along with his father pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal over £9,000 by staging a fake robbery at the railway station at which his father worked. HHJ Rivlin QC sentenced Mr Kamara to a community order with 200 hours unpaid work, whilst his father was sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment.
R v. Wroblewski: City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court
Representing a Polish citizen in a contested extradition hearing. Mr Wroblewski contested extradition to Poland for an offence equivalent to taking a motor vehicle without consent, on the basis of the passage of time and interference with his Article 8 rights.
R v. Kofi-Sarpong: Wood Green Crown Court
Representing an 18-year-old at trial on a single charge of possessing cannabis with intent to supply.
R v. JK: Hertford Youth Court
Representing a 15-year-old boy charged with witness intimidation, who was acquitted following submissions on the application of principles of joint enterprise to the case.
R v. J: City of London Magistrates’ Court
Conducted a section 6(1) committal hearing where the defendant was charged with money laundering, in which it was argued that the Crown had failed to sufficiently demonstrate that relevant money was linked to criminal conduct.
R v. Guyler: Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court
Representing a defendant charged with benefit fraud, on the basis of a failure to notify the Department of Work and Pensions that her husband had started work. The defendant was acquitted by the District Judge.