Homicide and Attempted Murder

• R v. Stokes and Others [2025] 4 W.L.R. 14 – led by Jonathan Kinnear KC and Kevin Dent KC – representing the Crown in respect of an appeal against conviction for Conspiracy to Murder.
• R v. CS and Others (2024) – led by Richard Wright KC – prosecuting four defendants alleged to have shot and murdered a teenager following a row over an alleged £60 drug debt. Two defendants were also tried for allegedly assisting one of those involved in the shooting in fleeing the North-West (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Mersey-Cheshire Complex Case Unit).
• R v. MS, CB & JB (2024) – leading Megan Cox – prosecuting three defendants alleged to have attempted to murder a member of a rival Organised Crime Group using a firearm. The case involved arguments about the admissibility of so called “gang related-evidence” (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Mersey-Cheshire).
• Operation Perth (2022-2023) – led (1st Junior) by Paul Greaney KC – prosecuting 5 defendants alleged to have been involved in a conspiracy to murder another using a Skorpion sub-machine gun and the murder of the intended victim’s partner, an innocent Council employee. The case involved substantial argument about the admissibility of material (voice notes and text messages) from the deceased’s mobile telephone which revealed the background to the dispute between her partner and two of the defendants (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Mersey-Cheshire Complex Case Unit).
• Operation Ridge (2023) – led by Nicholas Lumley KC – prosecuting 3 defendants alleged to have beaten the deceased to death. The case involved particularly complex issues around the admissibility of hearsay evidence relating to accounts given by the deceased’s neighbour (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – North-West Complex Case Unit).
• R v. LP (2023) – prosecuting the defendant for the attempted murder of his partner’s two year old son (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – North-West Complex Case Unit).
• R v. ZR and Others (2020-2022) – led, together with Matthew Conway, by Nicholas Johnson QC (in the first Trial) and David McLachalan KC (in the second Trial) – prosecuting 10 defendants alleged to have been involved in the planned shooting of a rival businessman which tragically led to the death of an innocent bystander, a law student who was walking past the business when the shooting took place (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – North-West Complex Case Unit).
• R v. TCR (2020) – led by Richard Pratt QC – prosecuting a Defendant who was alleged to have stabbed and killed a friend during a party held in memory of the deceased’s brother (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Mersey-Cheshire).

Firearms Offences

• Operation Toxic (2022-2023) – leading Holly Menary – prosecuting 3 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess prohibited weapons (a .38 pistol and a Skorpion sub-machine gun) and conspiracy to transfer a prohibited weapon (a Skorpion sub-machine gun) (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Mersey-Cheshire Complex Case Unit).
• R v. LC (2022-2023) – led by Alex Leach KC – prosecuting a Defendant charged with conspiracy to transfer a sub-machine gun.
• R v. PM (2022) – prosecuting a defendant for conspiracy to possess semi-automatic weapons (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Mersey-Cheshire Complex Casework Unit).

Serious Violence and Blackmail

• R v. ERJ and others (2021 – 2024) – led by Alex Leach KC – prosecuting 2 defendants alleged to have been part of a conspiracy to blackmail members of a rival Organised Crime Group in order to recover either the drugs taken in the course of an armed robbery or the value of those drugs (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate).
• Operation Geladi (2020-2022) – leading Jamie Baxter – prosecuting 5 defendants alleged to have taken part in an armed robbery in which 30 kilograms of Cocaine were stolen from a “stash-house” belonging to another Organised Crime Group (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – North-West Complex Case Unit).
• R v. N.M. [2020] EWCA Crim 1974 – representing the Appellant in a successful appeal against the sentence imposed for two offences of Causing Grievous Bodily Harm With Intent relating to an incident where he had driven at two pedestrians. The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal on the basis that the Learned Judge at first instance had given insufficient regard to the Appellant’s age, immaturity and mental health difficulties (instructed by Adam Law Solicitors).

Drugs Offences

• Operation Nyx (2025) – defending one of a number of Bolton based Defendants alleged to have been involved in a conspiracy to supply multi-kilogram amounts of Cannabis. The Crown offered no evidence against the Defendant after service of an application to exclude evidence and submissions in relation to both the form of the Indictment (the extent of the pleaded conspiracy) and deficiencies in disclosure (instructed by Cobley’s Solicitors).
• Operation Embossed II (2020-2024) – led by Richard Wright KC – prosecuting 3 defendants alleged to been involved in the importation and, together with the fourth defendant, the onward supply of in excess of 500 kilograms of Cocaine (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – North-West Complex Case Unit).
• Operation Embossed I (2020-2022) – led by Richard Wright KC – prosecuting 8 defendants alleged to been involved in the supply of multi-kilogram amounts of Cocaine throughout the North of England (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – North-West Complex Case Unit).
• Operation Superior (2022-2023) – leading Holly Menary – prosecuting 33 defendants charged with involvement in running a number of “deal” lines in the Preston area (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Preston).
• Operation Zodiac (2021-2022) – leading Holly Menary – prosecuting 15 defendants charged with involvement in running a number of “deal” lines in the Preston area (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Preston).
• Operation Overboard (2021) – led by Nicholas Johnson QC – prosecuting 7 defendants charged with trafficking multi-kilogram quantities of Controlled Drugs of Class A (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Mersey-Cheshire Complex Case Unit).
• Operation Moselle (2020) – leading Matthew Conway – prosecuting 6 Defendants charged with trafficking multi-kilogram quantities of Cocaine. The case involved a substantial amount of telephone data, and expert evidence about the use of so called “Spoofing” SIM cards and “Encros” (encrypted communication devices). The lead defendant was represented by Queen’s Counsel and Junior Counsel (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – North-West Complex Case Unit).
• R v. LT and CK (2020) – representing LT, who was charged, together with her partner CK, with possession of Cocaine and Amphetamine with intent to supply. A successful application to dismiss was made on the basis that there was no evidence that they had control or possession of the drugs being stored at their home address (instructed by JD Spicer Zeb Solicitors).

Fraud and Money Laundering Offences

• Operation Gallic (2021-2023) – led by Richard Wright KC – prosecuting the former Chief Executive Officer of Formula 1, Bernard Ecclestone, for Fraud (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate).
• Operation Bono (2022-2024) – leading Holly Menary – prosecuting a defendant charged with acting as an unregistered High Value Dealer supplying watches and vehicles to organised criminals. He was also involved in using companies in order to launder millions of pounds on behalf of organised criminals (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Mersey-Cheshire Complex Case Unit).
• Operation Horrent (2022) – prosecuting two defendants charged with defrauding a company of c.£1,000,000 (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Specialist Fraud Division).
• R v. SF (2021-2022) – representing the defendant, a Company Director of two separate companies, who was alleged to have been involved in the submission of a series of falsified VAT returns. One of the companies involved had subsequently been dissolved and the case involved a number of issues of Company Law. The Prosecution offered no evidence following consideration of the Defence Statement (instructed by JMW Solicitors).
• Operation Ferrets (2021-2022) – representing the defendant, who was alleged to have laundered over £100,000 in cash, which represented the proceeds of conspiracies to import and supply Cannabis. The defendant was acquitted after Trial (instructed by JMW Solicitors).
• Operation Globelake (2020) – prosecuting HT, a Community Care Officer employed by Bradford Metropolitan District Council, for fraudulently abusing a Lasting Power of Attorney she obtained in respect of a vulnerable adult whose case she was assigned by the Council. HT also forged a will in respect of another vulnerable adult whose case she was assigned by the Council. Over the course of a little under 6 years HT misappropriated just over £750,000. Her husband and son, who had spent some of the money she had fraudulently obtained, were also successfully prosecuted for money laundering offences (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Specialist Fraud Division).

Confiscation Proceedings

• R v. Luxton [2024] 1 W.L.R. 4804 – led by David Perry KC – representing the appellant in an appeal against the Crown Court’s refusal to make a confiscation order. In the course of the Judgment in this and the linked case the Court of Appeal provided guidance in respect of the proper approach to the postponement of confiscation proceedings and the so called “slip rule”, section 385 of the Sentencing Act 2020 (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Proceeds of Crime Division).

Misconduct in a Public Office

• Operation Swanweed (2021-2023) – prosecuting a Police Intelligence Analyst for providing information about the compromise of the EncroChat network to those involved in Organised Crime (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service – Special Crime Division).

Immigration Offences

• Operation Cadoette (2020) – representing the Defendant, who was charged with conspiracy to facilitate unlawful immigration. She and her son, who were both from the Kurdish Iraqi Region, entered the United Kingdom using passports belonging to two British Citizens. After being detained at the Airport the Defendant claimed Asylum. The case involved issues as to the application of section 31 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, and Article 31(1) of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (instructed by Adam Law Solicitors).