King’s Counsel specialising in criminal law. Defending and Prosecuting on the Midland and South Eastern circuits and in the Court of Appeal. Instructed in the most serious, high-profile and often multi-handed cases, involving murder, firearms, conspiracy, fraud and cybercrime. A trial strategist, dedicated to the forensic analysis of evidence and passionate about the in-court examination of witnesses.
Recent cases
- R v MS & others (2023 Derby & Leicester)
- Murder and s.18. Defended young Kurdish asylum seeker (acquitted) alleged to have been involved, with four co-accused, in town centre fight with six other armed males in which one man was killed and another seriously injured.
- OP Holyhead (2023 Nottingham)
- Successfully prosecuted four Defendants for stabbing to death a man on day release from prison. The murder, which took place on a busy city centre street at night, was planned and targeted.
- R v Phillips (2023 Northampton)
- Murder/Manslaughter: Defended 19-year-old man charged with killing another young man in an impromptu fight in the street in broad daylight.
- R v Karbauskas (2022 Lincoln)
- Successfully prosecuted Lithuanian Defendant for stabbing to death a member of his family. Issue at trial was identity of the killer; main Prosecution evidence came from five ‘lay-listeners’ (relatives and associates of both the Defendant and the Deceased) who recognised their voices from a Nest audio recording that captured the events of the killing.
- R v Sergiu Boianjiu (2022 Northampton)
- Rape and Attempted Murder. Defended Moldovan man (previous conviction for Murder in Moldova) charged with ambushing young woman as she walked home from nightclub in early hours of morning; brutally assaulting her; dragging her down an alleyway, raping her and then trying (unsuccessfully) to beat and stamp her to death.
- OP Mountain (2022 Derby)
- Successfully prosecuted four armed Defendants who ambushed a group of men with whom they were in dispute. One man stabbed to death.
- OP Rorschach (2021 Nottingham)
- Conspiracy to commit firearms offences. Prosecuted (for East Midlands CPS Complex Casework Unit) two multi-handed conspiracies (over three trials) relating to targeted, revenge shootings at addresses in rural Derbyshire and central Nottingham.
- OP Haxey (2020 Nottingham)
- Successfully prosecuted seven Defendants for their involvement in revenge machete murder of vulnerable drug addict during attempt to regain control of his flat that had been seized by rival Class A drug dealing gang. The largest COVID-19 pandemic trial, heard before a High Court Judge across three courtrooms.
- OP Spruce (2020 Blackfriars & Inner London)
- Money Laundering. Prosecuted (for West Midlands CPS Complex Casework Unit) multi-handed conspiracy to export stolen cloned Range Rovers and Mercedes to Southern Africa and Far East.
- R v Amari Smith (2019 Northampton)
- Murder/Manslaughter. Prosecuted young Defendant for stabbing to death young victim (both armed with knives) during argument/encounter on the street. [2021] 1 Cr.App.R.(S.) 37
- R v Gamble (2018 Leicester/Central Criminal Court)
- Instructed by CPS International Justice & Organised Crime Division, London. Prosecuting Defendant (15/16 years old at the time) for hacking (‘social engineering’) into computers and communication accounts of Director of CIA, Deputy Director of FBI, Secretary of Homeland Security and other high-ranking US government and intelligence officials. Defendant was founding member of online collective “Crackas with Attitude”. He also gained unauthorised access to US Department of Justice and law enforcement networks.
- R v Alan Yeomans (2018 Derby)
- Confiscation/Money Laundering. Defending. Defendant had disguised a substantial luxury mansion as a farm shed. Insolvency Service claimed a benefit and available amount figure of £8m. Reduced, after complex proceedings, to £650,000.
