Criminal Team
David prosecutes and defends in the Crown Court. He is regularly instructed in cases of the utmost gravity and seriousness, including murder, rape and sexual assault, serious violence and high-value fraud.
Notable Cases:
R v HD – Kingston Crown Court - Murder
Led by Eloise Marshall KC, David successfully prosecuted a woman charged with the murder of her husband, who had been subjected to serious domestic abuse over many years. The case involved complex issues of causation, necessitating input from some of the country’s leading experts in the fields of neuropathology, toxicology and histopathology.
R v KA – St Albans Crown Court – Attempted Murder
Prosecuted a man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia who repeatedly stabbed his housemate during a psychotic episode.
R v TFM – Oxford Crown Court – Human Trafficking
Leading junior representing a man alleged to have trafficked three children, including a 12-year-old girl, across the country to deal Class A drugs.
R v CB and ZD – Lewes Crown Court – Serious Violence
Prosecuted the mother and father of a five-week-old baby who had been repeatedly shaken leaving her with life threatening injuries. Medical treatment for Baby E was significantly delayed as mother covered up the abuse from medical professionals and the wider family.
R v RA & EO – Reading Crown Court – Serious Violence
Prosecuted a father who inflicted serious injuries on his five-month-old baby by twisting his limbs and compressing the torso on multiple occasions. Mother, who was a practising nurse at the time, also prosecuted for neglect for failing to obtain timely medical treatment.
R v PM – Harrow Crown Court – Sexual Offences
Represented a man responsible for the rape and sexual abuse of his own children. All but one of the complainants had severe learning difficulties, their cognitive functioning being in the lowest 0.1% of the population.
Call date 2013
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, Criminal Bar Association, Young Legal Aid Lawyers.
Durham University, LLB (2009- 2012) – 2:1, Kaplan Law School, BPTC (2012- 2013) Very Competent