GT Stewart Solicitors has secured the dismissal of a Crown Court theft prosecution following a successful application to dismiss based on detailed written legal submissions and oral advocacy challenging whether the prosecution could prove dishonesty and an intention permanently to deprive. Our client, JS, faced a single allegation of theft arising from an unusual incident involving a Traffic Enforcement Officer. The prosecution alleged that JS had committed a theft after taking a mobile phone from the officer during a heated exchange relating to the issue of a parking ticket. The entirety of the incident was captured on body-worn video footage.

We represented a client who appeared before Canterbury Crown Court for his role in the cross-border importation of more than 20 kilograms of high-purity cocaine. Despite the prosecution seeking a substantial increase on the sentencing guideline starting point, the court ultimately imposed a sentence of 6 years and 8 months' imprisonment, significantly below the sentence sought by the prosecution.

Our client was accused of breaching a non molestation order on two separate occasions and using threatening words of behaviour.

Our client, JI, a Lithuanian national and HGV driver employed by a European Haulage company, was stopped by Border Force at Coquelles following transit through Poland, Holland, Belgium and France.

We argued that the officer who detained our client was not acting lawfully because he had not introduced himself before detaining him. The officer gave evidence, saying that the way he carried out the search was good practice, and that he was doing his job in the proper way.