Andrew Wallace specializes exclusively in crime and has extensive experience prosecuting and defending all types of criminal work.
Andrew is a serious sexual crime panel member. He has extensive experience in dealing with cases involving historical complaints, multiple Complainants, serious domestic violence, child Complainants and breach of trust.
He has regularly been led in Murders and Serious Drug Conspiracies. He has been a Leading Junior in Drug Conspiracies or Complicated Financial Conspiracies
Notable Crime Cases
Rex v Haydar and Khan (2026)
Prosecution Leading Junior in a complex car-cannibalism conspiracy involving the stripping of 119 parked cars in various Midland locations establishing links between thefts and Defendants via various interconnecting strands such as cell site, ANPR, CCTV imagery
Operation Goji (2026)
The Prosecution of a multi-handed drugs conspiracy within a prison involving a corrupt prison officer
Rex v W (2026)
Defending a man accused of drugs and firearms offences
Rex v Malang (2025)
Prosecution of a man who manufactured firearms
Rex v Bettencourt (2025)
Prosecution Junior in a brutal murder within a hostel. This was a particularly difficult case as 3 Psychiatrists supported a defence of Diminished Responsibility, but despite this expert evidence we were able to persuade the jury to reject this expert evidence and ultimately we established to the criminal standard that the defendant was acting entirely rationally and deliberately at the time he committed a murder following which he used the victims bankcards to withdraw money from his bank account.
Rex v Carpenter (2025)
Prosecuting a Mother for trying to help her murderer son flee the country following the boxing day murder at Crane Nightclub in Birmingham
Rex v Tanga Vitalie (2024 and 2025)
Prosecution Junior of a double murderer. Having committed one murder the Defendant committed another murder whilst on remand in prison. This made the bad character application a little difficult
Rex v Alexander Westwood (2025)
Prosecution of a celebrity rapist
Rex v Tanga Vitalie (2024 and 2025)
Prosecution Junior of a double murderer. Having committed one murder the Defendant committed another murder whilst on remand in prison. This made the bad character application a little difficult
Rex v Alexander Westwood (2025)
Prosecution of a celebrity rapist
R v V and Others (2024)
Prosecution of a Conspiracy to Import large quantities of Class A and B drugs into the UK
Operation Parchment (2024)
A very large multi-handed conspiracy to steal trailer loads of goods
Rex v A (2024)
Death by Dangerous Driving involving 2 deaths and 2 serious injuries
Rex v Riley (2024)
Prosecuting an arms manufacturer
Rex v Ellwood and Bradwell (2024)
Prosecution of Palestinian Protestors damaging property believed to be used for the manufacture of weaponry to be used in the Middle East. This case involved complex legal arguments concerning the lawful defences for such actions and the relevance of “experts” with their perceptions on the conflict in Gaza
Rex v Ellwood and Others (2023)
Lead Prosecutor in a multi-handed prosecution of Palestinian Protestors involving numerous lengthy legal arguments as to the legitimate rights to damage property belonging to someone else
R V Colin Cooke (2017) – Wolverhampton Crown Court
The prosecution of a conspiracy to rob a man in his flat which culminated in his murder.
R v M (2013) – Warwick Crown Court
The Defendant inflicted life-threatening injuries with a knife to the abdomen of the Complainant.
R v Frank Wade (2012) – Stafford Crown Court
The Defendant attempted to murder his wife by suffocating her.
R v James Laidlaw (2016) – Warwick Crown Court
Prosecuting a Defendant who caused over 30 fractures to a 3-6 month old baby.
R v Christine Button (2016) – Warwick Crown Court
The Prosecution of a nursery school manager who assaulted or ill-treated several very young children in her school.
R v Weldon (2016) - Birmingham Crown Court
The Defendant had 2 cannabis factories and 2 separate business premises.
R v Graham (2013) Worcester Crown Court
The Defendant was the principal organiser in a substantial drugs conspiracy run from Wolverhampton to supply class A drugs from an address in Worcester.
R v Coker, Stephens, Djima and White (2013) – Birmingham Crown Court
The Defendant(s) in Walsall directed a courier(s) from Sheffield to collect ½ kilo of high purity cocaine from a supplier in London (D) to deliver to the receiver (W) in Birmingham. The case turned principally on phone distribution and analysis.
R v Muncy and Playdon (2009) – Stafford Crown Court
Several large residential or commercial premises converted into large scale cannabis factories.
R v Mottram and Others (2008) – Peterborough Crown Court
The importation of 1 million worth of class A drugs.
R v Zaccri Smith (2017) – Birmingham Crown Court
The Defendant discharged 5 shots from a revolver shooting one person in the head.
R v Kyi Smith (2013) - Wolverhampton Crown Court
The Defendant obtained a converted firearm.
R v G (2013) – Wolverhampton Crown Court
The Defendant being chased by Police Officers, jumped from the Aston Expressway and got into a stationary car forcing the occupants with the threat of a firearm to drive away from the scene.
R v William Turner (2017) – Birmingham Crown Court
The Defendant defrauded banks out of 1.3 million.
R v Nicola Saxelby (2013) – Worcester Crown Court
The Defendant defrauded her employers out of 400,000.
R v JH and DP (2013)
JH and his associates obtained his grandmother’s property by forgery. DP’sdemolished the property, developed it and sold it for 1.2 million.
R v Alice Gough (2012) – Wolverhampton Crown Court
The Defendant obtained over 100,000 of benefit payments to which she was not entitled.
R v W (2012) – Warwick Crown Court
The Defendant and another attended an address with masks and weapons to enforce a drug ….. and attacked the occupants.
R v Selwyn Hall (2009) – Birmingham Crown Court
A man with a history of targeting elderly females in their own home, blind-folding them sexually assaulting them and burgling their homes.
R v Ricardo Cousins (2010) – Birmingham Crown Court
The Defendant and a group of other young males robbed a family in their own home at gunpoint.
R v Padda and Others (2010) – Birmingham Crown Court
The night time kidnaps of a shopkeeper and his assistant to obtain the alarm codes to his shop.
Operation Weld (2014-2016)
Following the conviction of 23 Defendants for drug trafficking offences, confiscation orders for realisable sums totalling several millions of pounds were obtained.
Operation Caliper (2013)
involving a benefit of 1.6 million obtained by bank fraud.
R v Darren Bradley (2013)
Substantial hearing involving drug benefit of 2.3 million and a confiscation order made in the sum of 406,000.
R v C (2015)
A mother falsely imprisoned her daughter’s boyfriend and with her sons tied him up and humiliated him by beating him, shaving his head and making him dress in women’s clothing.
R v Abouakkhar (2014)
The Defendant conspired with others to kidnap a nightclub owner and demand a ransom. When the conspirators went to collect the ransom, they were intercepted by Police.
R v M (2012) – Wolverhampton Crown Court
The Complainant was detained against his will, subjected to a serious beating and forced to telephone his mother to obtain money to secure his release.
Operation Weld (2014) – Birmingham Crown Court
A cocaine conspiracy involving 23 Defendants and the multi kilo supply of cocaine from Greater London via the West Midlands to Humberside.
Operation Pink Duck/Yellowstone (2012) – Drugs Conspiracy – Birmingham Crown Court
Junior in a complex class A drugs conspiracy, involving 2 police forces, a large number of Defendants across the country and the sourcing and supplying of kilogram packages of heroin and cocaine from Liverpool to Birmingham, where it was cut before being delivered to Sussex where it was sold on the streets.
Operation Uplink (2010) - Murder
A shooting of a bar owner in Bilston, case involved joint enterprise, the main 2 defendants being sentenced to 28 and 29 years respectively.