Rebekah Hummerstone

Public Prosecution

Rebekah is a grade 4 prosecutor and appears on the rape and general crime CPS specialist lists.

Cases

R v G and G (2022)

Rebekah prosecuted a husband and wife team for offences of human trafficking and controlling prostitution for gain. The pair had recruited girls from Romania to travel to the UK and work as prostitutes in brothels they ran. While working in the brothels the girls were made to split their earnings with the defendants. The first defendant was additionally charged with raping one of the complainants. Following a 6 week trial involving calling multiple complainants by video link from Romania the defendants were convicted on all counts.

R v TH

Instructed as junior alone to prosecute individual charged death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drugs.

R v PH and RB

Instructed as junior alone to prosecute individuals charged with attempted murder.

R v SD

Instructed as junior alone to prosecute individual charged with rape and sexual activity with child family members.

Operation Pescara

Instructed as led junior to prosecute individuals charged with carbon credit fraud on elderly investors.

R v SC and SD

Instructed as junior alone to prosecute case involving controlling child prostitution and arranging child prostitution.

R v A and others

Instructed as prosecution junior in 6 handed gang-related murder by stabbing.

R v T and others

Instructed by the prosecution to prosecute 4 handed case involving allegations of kidnap, false imprisonment and blackmail.

Operation Theseus

Instructed as a junior over a period of 4 years to advise the CPS as to whether charges should be brought against various individuals identified after a complex and lengthy police investigation following the Butterfield Review into the collapse of criminal prosecutions of offences involving London City Bond.