Fiona Robertson successfully appealed her client’s term of 80 months’ imprisonment to 68 months’ imprisonment for two counts of aiding and abetting the transfer of a prohibited weapon. The appellant had been the ‘link man’ in the transfer of two 4mm hand guns and ammunition between his co-defendants. Telephone evidence linked the appellant to the […]
Welcome to this inaugural edition of 2 Hare Court’s Private Prosecutions Group’s newsletter; we hope that it finds you refreshed after a summer break. In this edition: Oliver Glasgow QC and Lewis MacDonald write about the gathering of evidence with a view to bringing a private prosecution, suggesting that private prosecutors should have greater investigatory […]
Fiona Robertson’s client was a juror on a trial concerning sexual offences when he Googled whether compensation was available to victims of sexual assaults and shared the results of his research with the rest of the jury. A note was sent to the trial Judge clarifying if such research could form part of the jury’s […]
Welcome to the Spring edition of the 2 Hare Court Crime Group Newsletter which we hope will provide you with a helpful summary of the Sentencing Council’s recent Guidelines on sentence as well as two recent CACD judgments on modern slavery and consent as a defence to assault. Naeem Mian QC provides an overview of […]
On the 26th of January 2018 the prosecution offered no evidence on all counts on the indictment faced by Narita Bahra and Fiona Robertson’s client thereby bringing to an end a trial which began 17 days earlier. Cristina Bosoanca was accused of trafficking her best friend from Cyprus to the UK, via Romania, and forcing […]