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Andrew Newton is a highly experienced counsel both for the prosecution and defence. He was called in 1989 and before returning to a purely criminal practice in 1998 undertook a volume of civil and matrimonial work in addition to crime. As defence counsel he has appeared as leading junior or alone in many serious trials, notably conspiracy to blackmail and kidnapping, a multiple rape of sex workers trial, other rape cases, large scale class A and B drug dealing and importation, multi-handed violent disorder, numerous successful section 18 OAPA defences, firearms, armed robbery cases, computer hacking, multimillion-pound VAT fraud and money laundering. As junior counsel for the defence he has been led in cases involving murder, conspiracy to and attempt to murder, gunpoint rape, substantial class A drugs importation, major benefit fraud and international bank fraud. He has prosecuted throughout his career covering the whole range of trials including rape, serious violence and public disorder and has acted alone for the crown against Queen’s Counsel at trial. He has been instructed to appear for the crown in judicial review cases in the Administrative Court.

Exeter College, Oxford (MA Oxon).