Current instructions:

Op Baritone (2021) – Wolverhampton CC

Led Junior to a QC. Instructed by West Midlands CCU (Complex Casework Unit). A complex 8 handed Conspiracy to Murder involving a planned execution. The case relies on extensive telephone and CCTV evidence. 

Op Vitelius (2021) – Southwark CC

Led Junior for the Crown. Instructed by London CCU (Complex Casework Unit). Multi-handed prosecution of an OCG responsible for obtaining credit card details through the creation of ‘harvesting websites’ and then selling those details over the dark web. The total loss is between £8.5 – 9.5 million

Op Disturb (2021) – Ipswich CC

Led Junior. Instructed by East of England CCU (Complex Casework Unit). Multi-handed prosecution of an OCG responsible for producing and supplying large-scale quantities of cannabis, along with smuggling people into the UK to form part of this enterprise. 

Op Movate II (2020 - 2022) – Birmingham CC

Led Junior to a QC. Instructed by West Midlands CCU (Complex Casework Unit). Allegations of conspiracy to cause GBH involving 10 defendants alleged to be involved in mass disorder in June 2017 culminating in extreme violence.

Op Serpent (2020 – 2021) – Birmingham Crown Court 

Defending. Junior Alone. 20-handed conspiracy to supply drugs involving modern slavery offences. 

Op Scoutish (2021 - 2022) – Kingston CC

Defending. Large-scale money laundering involving approximately £30million of laundered funds. 6-week trial fixed for January 2022. 

Op Flan [2019 - 2022]- St Albans CC

Led Junior. Multi-million-pound money laundering case concerning the running of a money service business. Representing the company’s Money Laundering Reporting Officer. There are over 100k pages of served evidence. 

Op Gwendreath [2019 - 2021] – Southwark CC

Led Junior for the first defendant. Allegations of large-scale theft of motor vehicles and money laundering valued at over £10million.

Op Iron – [2019 - 2022] – Birmingham CC

Led Junior to a QC. Instructed by West Midlands CCU (Complex Casework Unit). Allegations of police corruption involving a serving police sergeant from West Midlands Police accused of misconduct in public office. 3-month trial fixed for May 2022. 

Previous Notable Cases:

Led Junior

R v Jama – St Albans CC (2019)

Led Junior for the Crown. Successful prosecution of a defendant involved in supplying Class A drugs through multiple drugs lines. The case relied upon extensive telephone evidence. 

Op Apple 1, 2 and 3 [2018 – 2019]– Birmingham and Stoke Crown Courts 

Led Junior for the Crown, instructed by West Midlands CCU (Complex Casework Unit). Led to one QC and two senior juniors across three separate trials. 3 large-scale investigations by Staffordshire Police into Organised Crime involving a total of 18 defendants accused of multi-kilo supply of Class A drugs. In one case, large-scale supply was organised from within prison establishments. The case involved tens of thousands of pages of served evidence.

Op Rakuyou [2016] – Southwark Crown Court

Allegations of conspiracy to traffick women into/within the UK for the purposes of sexual exploitation; and conspiracy to launder the proceeds of criminal activity. The defendant was first on the indictment, which was laid against 9 defendants in total. The lack of investigation or adequate disclosure forced the Crown to drop all trafficking counts.

Op Dryad [2016] – Chelmsford Crown Court 

Three-month trial, involving allegations of historic rape, sexual exploitation, and conspiracy to supply Class A Drugs concerning three young females. Defendant acquitted.

General Crime

R v Wahid (2021) – Snaresbrook CC

Allegations of dangerous driving. Jury directed to acquit following a successful s.78 PACE application to exclude tainted identification evidence. 

R v Evans (2019) – Reading CC 

Allegations of Class A drug supply. Successful application to dismiss. 

R v Farrell (2019) – Leicester CC 

Successful prosecution of a male for Robbery of an elderly lady who subsequently died.

R v SC – Snaresbrook CC [2019]

General Crime allegation of false inprisonment. Acquitted.

R v Allen – St Albans CC [2018]

Multiple allegations of domestic sexual and physical assaults. Acquitted of all counts at trial.

R v LB [2018] – Blackfriars CC 

Successful prosecution of a male who targeted and robbed three lone females on public transport in London.

R v CM [2018]- Warwick Crown Court 

Allegations of supplying class A drugs with several admitted previous convictions including conspiracy to supply Class A Drugs. Defendant unanimously acquitted.

R v DS [2018] – Southwark Crown Court 

Allegations of GBH inflicted upon police officers. Acquitted at half time.

R v BB [2017] – Central Criminal Court

Allegation of GBH (wounding) amounting to a serious bleed on the brain. Defendant unanimously acquitted at trial.

Cyber Crime 

Op Bali [2020] – Nottingham CC 

Junior Alone for the Crown. Successful prosecution of employees of a reputable company, alleged to have been involved in a series of cyber-attacks against the company resulting in a loss of over £800k. 

Fraud and Money Laundering

R v CW [2018] – Wood Green Crown Court 

Represented the first defendant in a multi-handed two-week trial alleging drug dealing and sophisticated money laundering through online investment platforms. Defendant acquitted of all five counts at trial.

Op Garfunkel [2017] – Snaresbrook Crown Court

Conspiracy to evade excise duty on significant importations of cigarettes and tobacco. The alleged loss was £450,000. Represented the only defendant acquitted after a two-week trial.

R v SS [2017] Harrow Crown Court 

Allegations of money laundering against a daughter said to have stolen and laundered the proceeds of her father’s estate valued at £180,000.  Required careful and thoughtful cross-examination of an elderly and profoundly deaf complainant. Defendant acquitted of all charges at half-time.

Op Fireball [2016] – Central Criminal Court. 

Multi-handed conspiracy to launder the proceeds of a large-scale internet shopping fraud valued at £450,000. This case involved complex financial evidence running to many thousands of pages.

Op Arad [2016] – Harrow Crown Court

Large scale Internet Shopping Fraud valued in excess of £1 million. Represented the first defendant, responsible for organising the removal of the illicit funds and managing account openers (money mules). The Crown extensively relied on telephone evidence.

Confiscation

Op Tarlac [2018] – Leicester Crown Court 

Junior Alone. Multi-million-pound money laundering case. Representing a defendant during complex confiscation proceedings with forensic accountants. The Crown were represented by a QC and junior.

Op Veneer [2015 – 2017]- Southwark Crown Court

Led Junior to Dexter Dias QC. A multi-handed money laundering case which concerned the running of a money service business alleged to have been involved in a £150 million fraud. Following careful analysis, the benefit figure was reduced by over half. Investigated by HMRC.

Youth Court

R v LL [2018] – St Albans Youth Court 

Allegation of Arson with intent to endanger life, against a 14-year-old boy with significant learning difficulties requiring an intermediary throughout. Acquitted at half-time.

Civil

Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Constabulary v FM and others [2018] – St Albans Magistrates’ Court 

Successful opposition to the police’s application for a sexual risk order pursuant to section122A Sexual Offences Act 2003.

R v MS [2015] Central Criminal Court 

Cash Forfeiture appeal heard at the Central Criminal Court. Overturned a decision of the lower court in relation to a cash sum of more than £300,000. 

Consumer

London Borough of Enfield v HM [2018 – 2019] – Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court 

Represented a company director involved in the importation and selling of toys. 15 allegations including offences under the registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of chemicals Enforcement Regulations (REACH), and allegations under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 along with breaches of the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011.