Appeals

Appeal of F [2019] – Successful appeal against sentence for conspiracy to supply class A drugs. 

Appeal of E [2011] EWCA Crim 428 – Appeal against sentence (Restraining Order) – Following a guilty plea to a s4 public order offence, the defendant was made subject to an order prohibiting him from contacting a number of witnesses who were unknown to the defendant. The appeal was allowed.

Appeal of T [2010] EWCA Crim 2316 – Appeal against conviction following inadequate representation at the original trial – The case was one of arson with intent to endanger life, the indictment having been amended from simple arson on the first day of trial. The court overturned the conviction for arson with intent, replacing it with one for reckless endangerment of life. The sentence was reduced to facilitate the defendant’s immediate release and no retrial ordered.

Cumberbatch v Crown Prosecution Service [2009] EWHC 3353 – Successful stating of a case to the High Court a conviction for assault against a police officer on the basis that the police were not acting in the execution of their duty when acting in furtherance of an unlawful arrest.

Appeal of V [2008] EWCA Crim 2039 – Appeal against conviction – Following conviction at Blackfriars Crown Court, the learned Judge revealed a note from the jury which showed that one of their fellow jury members had bullied the others in to conviction and that the verdict was not a true verdict. An appeal was lodged on the basis that a Watson direction ought to have been given before any verdict being taken. The appeal was allowed, and no retrial ordered.