Gudrun Young appeared at Southwark Crown Court yesterday to represent former Blue Peter Star John Leslie who is accused of groping a 30-year-old woman at a party in Soho, central London, in December 2008. Leslie was released him on unconditional bail and will return to Southwark crown court for trial on 16 March. He denies […]
Merry van Woodenberg successfully defended a case at Kingston Crown Court, regarding allegations of sexual and physical assaults on a four year old and a five year old. The case was part of the pilot procedure for pre-recorded cross-examination of young and vulnerable witnesses. The children were also the youngest ever to have participated in […]
Gudrun Young leading Sophia Dower were instructed to represent Mark Acklom at his trial before Bristol Crown Court where he faced 20 counts of fraud and money laundering offences. As a result of these allegations, Mr Acklom was named in the National Crime Agency’s “Top 10 Most Wanted List” which created what can only be […]
The recent decision in Johnson [2019] EWHC 1709 (Admin) has thrown private prosecutions into the spotlight as never before and so it is especially timely that the Private Prosecutors’ Association (‘PPA’) has published the first edition of the Code for Private Prosecutors (the Code’). The Code is essential reading for those contemplating bringing any type […]
Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC secured the acquittal of her client MM, who was accused of multiple counts of historical rape on his natural daughter between the years of 2002 and 2010 when she would have been aged between 8 and 15. The jury unanimously acquitted the defendant in under 2 hours of all counts. Sallie was […]