Chloë Ashley and Phil Bradley KC were instructed on behalf of SD, who faced a murder charge arising from a fatal house fire in Birmingham….
On 6th February, following a 13-day trial at Birmingham Crown Court, 29-year-old Michael Povey was convicted of the murder of 28-year-old Lee Baker. Instructed by…
Phil Bradley KC and Sarah Slater, instructed by Samantha Dixon of the Serious Violence, Organised Crime and Exploitation Unit, prosecuted 46-year-old Aaron Nubie and 28-year-old Kimani…
On 12th September 2025, 39-year-old Matthew Jonathan was sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of 55-year-old Jamie Gawler. His Honour Judge Burbidge KC…
Phil Bradley KC and Siobhan Collins, instructed by Douglas Marshall of the Complex Casework Unit, secured murder convictions following an eight-week trial at Loughborough Crown Court. The…
Harpreet Sandhu KC was instructed to prosecute Owen Blades who pleaded guilty to murdering a 69-year old man in his own home by stabbing him…
‘Operation Thistle’ concerned a police investigation into the death of Rhys Howell in a bed-sit in Skegness on 19th August last year. Police were called…
Phil Bradley KC and Lynette McClement were instructed by the prosecution in the case of GC, who was accused of the murder of his ex-wife…
‘Operation Garland’ saw the prosecution of eight men and one woman following the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old man outside a house party in Burton…
Operation Eider’ saw the prosecution of five youths following the fatal stabbing of a 53-year -old man outside an Asda supermarket in Redditch in March…
‘Operation Zeroth’ involved the prosecution of eight men and one woman, following the death of a man in Leamington Spa on 28th June 2020. All nine…
‘Operation Liminal’ involved the prosecution of four young defendants following the death of a man in Stoke-on-Trent in October 2020. Miss Alex Boult was represented…
On 5th May 2021, following a 3-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court, the defendant (EJ) was convicted of raping, sexually assaulting and falsely imprisoning prostitutes…
Phil Bradley QC and Siobhan Collins successfully defended JL, who was charged with the manslaughter of his sister’s boyfriend by restraining him in a stranglehold. …
Operation Lapis was the prosecution of four teenage gang members for the murder of a 15 year old member of an opposition gang – the…
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