The defendant, a youth was charged s.18 GBH and possession of a bladed article. The Crown Prosecution Service’s case was that the defendant attacked the complainant in an unprovoked attack. The jury accepted the defence case that the defendant was acting in self defence and acquitted him of all charges.
The defendant pleaded guilty to unlawful act manslaughter in respect to the death of PC Andrew Harper. This plea was not deemed acceptable to the Crown Prosecution Service so the case proceeded to trial. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty to murder.
The defendant was charged with robbery and kidnap and found not guilty of all matters.
The defendant acquitted of murder and manslaughter following a lengthy trial.
The defendant was involved in a knife fight, described by the prosecution as ‘a fight to the death’. Charged with section 18 GBH and possession of an offensive weapon, following a full trial the jury accepted the defence that this was a matter of self defence and acquitted the defendant of all charges.
The defendant was charged with Section 18 and child cruelty x2. Following a trial at Nottingham Crown Court, K was acquitted of the more serious offences of Section 18 Grievous Bodily Harm with intent, which carries a life sentence, but convicted of the less serious offence of Section 20 Grievous Bodily Harm without intent. As a result, he received a 3 1/2 year custodial sentence. The defendant in this case required robust cross-examination of the Crown’s Paediatric experts.
The defendant was charged with Section 18 GBH with intent, an offence that carries a life sentence. Also possession of an offensive weapon. The defendant was acquitted of the Section 18 and pleaded guilty to Section 20 GBH without intent and possession of an offensive weapon. The defendant received a 27 month custodial sentence.
The defendant was charged with one count of grievous bodily harm. This case was difficult due to the defendant’s learning difficulties and mental health difficulties. Notwithstanding this, after a full trial the jury reached a verdict of not guilty and the case against our client was dismissed. The court were provided with information from a psychologist and psychiatrist instructed by Hennessy & Hammudi in order to assist in understanding how the defendant’s mental health difficulties would impact on his ability to exercise judgement.
The defendant originally faced trial for the offences of grievous bodily harm, actual bodily harm and violent disorder. Following robust representations made by Hennessy & Hammudi, the Crown were persuaded to accept a guilty plea to a charge of affray. As a result the defendant received a 12 month suspended sentence order of imprisonment.
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.
