Criminal Law, Familly Law - both public and private.

R v Moloney and Others (Teesside Crown Court, 2006) Led by Neil Davey QC on behalf of Prosecution.  Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and money laundering. Family firm involved in large scale dealing. Sensitive PII issues.

R v Hyde (Leeds Crown Court) Rape of daughter by stepfather.

R v Thackery (York Crown Court) Sexual assault on 13 year old girl.

R v Foster (Teesside Crown) Sexual assault on 8 year old niece.

R v Lawson (Leeds Crown Court) 17 year old youth pleaded guilty to offences of sexual assault on young girls [12 years old]

R v Handley (Teesside Crown Court) Historic child sexual abuse including Rape of step daughters over an 8 year period

R v Milton (York Crown Court) Rape by taxi driver of drunken 19 year old passenger.

R v Wadsworth J (Leeds Crown Court) 15 year old schoolboy charged with rape of 12 year old girl.

R v Readshaw (Teesside Crown) Section 18 GBH – 15 year old boy pours petrol over complainant aged 14 years and then sets him alight.

R v Paul (Newcastle Crown Court) Sec 18 wounding – extremely serious injuries caused to face of 25 year old former soldier using a broken bottle – unusual aspect that a live video link was used to communicate with witness in Mexico.

R v Joseph Villa (Teesside Crown Court) (Prosecution) Historic sexual abuse of daughter (aged 5-10 years).

R v Keith Milner (Leeds Crown Court) (Defence) Historic sexual abuse of stepdaughter (similar age to above). Also cruelty to her and other children of the family.

R v Kevin Nelson (Teeside Crown Court) (Prosecution) Sexual assault, in street during daytime, of 17 year old public schoolgirl.

R v Dean Frederick Lewis (Leeds Crown Court) (Defence) Sexual assault on two young girls. Victim aged five years in bed at home whilst he babysat. Convicted and imprisoned. Other child aged 10 years. Incident in public house.

R v Christine Frith and Others (Leeds Crown Court) (Defence) Multi-handed fraud/money laundering (over £1 million extracted from Norwich Union/Aviva).

R v Donna Eastman and Others (York Crown Court) (Defence) Night-time robbery, in victim’s own home, by drug addicts/alcoholics, to fund habits.

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Walking in the Lake District.
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