John Harrison QC instructed by the prosecution secured convictions of murder and manslaughter against two men and a boy who killed a man in a “vicious and cowardly” revenge attack. At Sheffield Crown Court they have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment of Life with a minimum term of 15 years, 6 years and 30 months. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-57028598
Emma Handley, prosecuted at Hull Crown Court this week a greedy thief who was described as “like a kid at Christmas” when he broke into a city centre phone shop and stole over £2,000 worth of stock. It was claimed he broke in to find a place to sleep. He was sentenced to 20 months custody. https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hull-thief-was-kid-christmas-5386681
Jonathan Sandiford QC, at Teesside Crown Court was due to prosecute a man for the offence of Murder. The man, who pleaded guilty to Manslaughter and those pleas were acceptable to the crown admitted killing the teenager whose body was found on farmland 10 years after she disappeared.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-57075623
Kristina Goodwin defended a teenager driver at Bradford Crown Court who sped off from the police and was described by the judge as “such an inept driver that he couldn’t even switch on the headlights” https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/19287820.teenage-danger-driver-inept-driver-couldnt-switch-headlights-court-told/
Richard Barraclough QC, instructed by the prosecution has secured convictions against a teenager who has been convicted of murdering a man in a row over fake banknotes that were being used in a drug deal. The murder was the result of a rivalry between two gangs in Ashford, whose members had engaged in a series of violent incidents in the weeks before the killing. Two other defendants have been convicted of perverting the course of justice in relation to the same incident. – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-56920481
Richard Barraclough QC has recently finished a lengthy trial where the defendant (Justin) and his co-defendant were convicted of murder. Both were homeless and were alleged to have been involved in kicking another homeless man to death in a graveyard. Richard Barraclough has written an article for the website which you can read here https://www.stpaulschambers.com/a-psychiatric-conundrum/
Following the police executing a search warrant at an address at Leeds they discovered 87 cannabis plants. Kristina Goodwin prosecuted him and he was sentenced to immediate custody. https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/man-jailed-after-west-yorkshire-police-officers-found-cannabis-farm-at-house-in-whinmoor-3236492
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