Harry is ranked as a leading junior in Crime for both Chambers UK and Legal 500. He has been involved in many high profile, complex and serious prosecutions as both leading and junior counsel.
His experience includes defending individuals charged with gross negligence manslaughter and defending both individuals and corporates in criminal regulatory proceedings including health and safety and environment prosecutions though to advising on gambling and trading standards.
He has experience in multi-handed complex frauds, including investment, VAT or carousel, pension, construction and immigration fraud as well as offences of cheating the public revenue through unlawful tobacco or missing trader schemes.
His non-financial criminal experience ranges from murder and terrorism through to large scale drug supply.
Harry has extensive experience in financial crime and asset recovery.
R v R
£21m conspiracy to cheat the public revenue through the VAT & Construction Industry Scheme.
R v H
£1m conspiracy to cheat the public revenue through the sale of counterfeit tobacco.
R v S
£750,000 conspiracy to defraud investors in a diamond investment scheme.
R v H
£1.7m conspiracy to defraud investors in a fraudulent carbon credit scheme.
R v P
Multi-million pound conspiracy to defraud investors in a land banking scheme.
R v N
Multi-million pound conspiracy to defraud HMRC through the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS).
R v W
£23m conspiracy to defraud investors in a bio-fuel investment scheme involving Jatropha plantations in Cambodia.
R v M
Multi-million pound MTIC fraud.
R v C
£1m conspiracy to defraud investors in a fraudulent en primeur wine investment scheme.
Harry has appeared in many high-profile serious crime cases.
R v H
Multi-handed revenge murder of a drug dealer in Leicester.
R v DR
An Operation Venetic prosecution of an Organised Crime Group operating in Sussex & Kent to supply hundreds of kilograms of cocaine.
R v KR
An Operation Venetic prosecution of an Organised Crime Group operating in the Ipswich area with a nationwide operation distributing cocaine and cannabis.
R v J
Student charged with possession of neo-Nazi terrorist manuals.
R v M
Former soldier charged with having explosive substances, encouraging terrorism, disseminating terrorist publications and possession of terrorist documents.
R v E
Charges of encouraging terrorism contrary to section1 Terrorism Act 2006.
R v WB
Conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to commit GBH. The case had its roots in gang crime and was one of a number of tit-for-tat murders and violent assaults in Salford, Manchester.
R v T
The defendant was accused of murdering his disabled mother and dismembering the body.
R v I
The defendant was one of six individuals involved, in the mass manufacture and production of anabolic steroids, in specialist laboratories within the UK.
One of the largest slavery prosecutions in the UK. The case involved allegations starting 25 years ago made by multiple vulnerable complainants.
Murder and dismemberment of a police officer.
R v F
Conspiracy to steal ancient Chinese jade and Rhinoceros horn artefacts from museum across the UK.
R v TJ
Conspiracy to control prostitution arising out of one of the most popular internet-based escort agencies in the North of England.
Harry has represented companies and individuals across a wide range of criminal regulatory cases.
EA v P
Individual charged with illegal depositing of waste on a massive scale
EA v W
Individual charged with operating a regulated facility without authorization and depositing controlled waste without a permit
COLC v A
Airline charged with breaching EC Regulations on live transport of animals
Harry Bentley, leading Emma Kutner of 2 Bedford Row, represented an individual accused of introducing…
Narita Bahra QC and Harry Bentley instructed to defend in a Murder where understanding cross…
The prosecution offered no evidence at trial, in a case where Narita and Harry’s client…
