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17 year old avoids a custodial sentence after causing life changing injuries

Our client is a single mother from Eritrea who does not speak English. On 21 May 2024, a London local authority made her an offer of private rented sector accommodation in a small town in Leicestershire, some 100 miles from her home.

By |2024-12-17T17:08:06+00:00December 17th, 2024|Criminal Defence, News|

Vulnerable Client Successfully Defended by Crime Team

Our client was charged with 10 offences of supplying Class A drugs. Over the course of nine months, Solicitor Helen Ricks diligently investigated and compiled evidence showcasing the grooming and exploitation our client endured since the age of 14,

By |2024-10-31T12:29:35+00:00October 31st, 2024|Criminal Defence, News|

Crown Prosecution Service discontinue case at Croydon Magistrates’ Court following service of pre-action protocol letter

We represented a young adult of good character who had been charged with assaulting an emergency worker. It was the Crown’s case that in an attempt to get away from the police, our client deliberately struck a police officer causing them to fall and hit their head on the ground.

By |2024-10-08T11:05:47+01:00October 8th, 2024|Criminal Defence, News|

Fantastic Result: Military Veteran Has Weapons Importation Charges Dismissed

Our client, a man of previous good character and a military veteran, was issued with a Conditional Discharge for six months for possession of a number of weapons in a private place.

By |2024-09-12T09:40:45+01:00September 12th, 2024|Criminal Defence, News|

Bradford Magistrates’ Court – Client Found Not Guilty

GT Stewart represented a client who was arrested and interviewed by West Yorkshire Police in relation to an allegation of theft from a motor vehicle (contrary to Section 1 of the Theft Act of 1968).

By |2024-09-03T11:50:06+01:00September 3rd, 2024|Criminal Defence, News|