Seven men have been convicted of homicide, four of murder and three of manslaughter, following a five month trial at the Old Bailey which was prosecuted by Brian O’Neill KC and Sarah Przybylska. On the evening of Thursday 9th February 2023 a young man named Kai McGinley was shot to death in a residential road […]
Operation Clinical was a lengthy HMRC investigation into the illicit importation and distribution of millions of cigarettes into the UK by an Iraqi-Kurdish organised crime group. The cigarettes were smuggled into the UK by lorry amongst partially legitimate loads destined for British businesses. Once in the country, the cigarettes were ‘slaughtered’ at warehouses in the […]
On 3 May 2024, defendants were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court, having earlier pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy to defraud. The first defendant was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment; the second defendant 15 months. A co-conspirator faces proceedings in The Netherlands. Operation Jigsaw investigated a fraud perpetrated on thousands of cryptocurrency wallets held […]
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has found Joshua Jacques, aged 29, guilty on four counts of murder. He had stabbed to death members of three generations from the same family. His case was that he was guilty only of manslaughter, by reason of diminished responsibility. Two psychiatrists were called on his behalf, who […]
Francisc Lazaroiu began an online relationship with the 19-year old victim whilst she was living in her native Romania. He invited her to come and live with him and his parents in the UK whilst promising her that he could secure her a job working at Pandora Jewellery. The victim arrived in the UK in […]
