Client was charged with racially aggravated offences. Following an application by Hennessy & Hammudi Solicitors to stay the proceedings as an abuse of process as a result of the Crown’s failure to comply with disclosure, the District Judge granted the application. The District Judge citing that the delay in the case would result in unfairness to the defendant as a result of the CPS failure.
The defendant was acquitted of murder following proactive defence from Hennessy & Hammudi Solicitors. Convicted of manslaughter and received a custodial sentence of 6 years 6 months.
The defendant was charged with one count of murder. Following representations by Hennessy & Hammudi, the prosecution accepted a guilty plea to manslaughter. As a result, the defendant was sentenced to a term of 5 years imprisonment. The murder charge was dismissed.
The defendant was charged with a rape of his sister-in-law. Following robust preparation by Hennessy & Hammudi, it took the jury only 3 ½ hours to acquit the defendant.
The defendant was charged with one offence of assault. As a result of a detailed legal argument by Hennessy & Hammudi in response to the Crown’s failure to comply with disclosure obligations, Hennessy & Hammudi submitted that the proceedings ought to be stayed as an abuse of process. The court agreed with this application in staying the proceedings, resulting in the matter being dismissed against our client.
The defendant was charged with one offence of dwelling burglary. It appeared that the evidence against him was conclusive by virtue of the fact that his fingerprints were found on a cabinet inside the burgled premises. Through diligent enquiries from Hennessy & Hammudi we were able to ascertain that the cabinet had been bought at a second hand shop and that the cabinet had in fact been sold to the second hand shop by the uncle of the defendant, thus explaining his fingerprints on the cabinet. As a result, the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence and the case was dismissed.
Defendant charged with driving with excess alcohol. H & H instructed its own expert report to challenge the alcohol reading provided by the Crown. Our expert concluded that our client would have been under the legal limit. Following a full trial, Mr S was acquitted.
The defendant was one of three brothers accused of three counts of historic gross indecency. Following a full trial, the defendant was acquitted of all matters.
The defendant was charged with armed robbery with a firearm. The member of staff purported to identify the defendant as a person she knew from school. Following a full trial, the defendant was acquitted.
The defendant was charged with assault on members of staff in a local pub. Following persistent defence questions into the police investigation of the matter, H&H submitted that the proceedings ought to be stayed as an abuse of the court’s process on the basis that the police had been biased in their investigation. The District Judge agreed with that application and stayed the proceedings.
