This case was relentlessly reported by the media all over the world and is still the subject of both press and television commentary. It involved allegations of abuse of Iraqi looters in ‘Camp Bread Basket’, Basra, Southern Iraq by soldiers of the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers. The ‘abuse’ was photographed and included images of Iraqi’s […]
An allegation of kidnap for ransom committed over a 3-day period by a gang of human traffickers attempting to collect an alleged debt owed to them by the owner of a massage parlour.
£53m armed robbery and kidnapping. A seven month trial at the Old Bailey representing one of the armed gang said to have kidnapped the manager of the Securitas Depot in Kent, his wife and 8 year old child. Members of the gang wearing prosthetic disguises and dressed as policemen stopped the manager on his way […]
Charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and possession of firearms. The defendant was acquitted after a 9 week trial.
Importation of 1 ton of cannabis resin inside specially constructed carpet hides – the defendants claimed to have been duped believing that the load was to be tobacco. First tried in 2002 when all of the defendants were convicted. A re-trial was ordered by the Court of Appeal. After a number of delays due to […]
