Virginia McCullough, 36 from Chelmsford was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 36 years after she pleaded guilty to murdering Lois and John McCullough, aged 71 and 70, in their family home in June 2019. After stealing significant sums of money from them, McCullough poisoned both her parents with prescription medication she […]
In a rare prosecution for female genital mutilation (FGM), Emad Kaky has been found guilty of arranging for a young girl to travel to Iraq where he had agreed for her to be subjected to FGM and forced into marriage. He was prosecuted under s1A of the Criminal Law Act 1977, which criminalises certain conspiracies […]
Instructed by Stephane Pendered of SEOCID (CPS), Denis Barry and Lyndon Harris prosecuted two defendants convicted of a £27m cross-border money laundering enterprise, involving large cash deposits into Post Office branches, transferred to foreign exchange companies and out of the jurisdiction. On 13 September 2024, the first two defendants received sentences of 10 years and […]
Chambers is delighted to announce that the following Members of Chambers have been appointed to the Attorney General’s Civil Panel: Catherine Brown and Richard Evans have been appointed to the A Panel. Karl Laird and Megan Millar have been appointed to the C Panel. The appointments take effect from 1st September 2024. […]
Jonathan Hall K.C. and Leila Gaafar represent the NCA in multi-million pound civil recovery order. On 5 August 2024, the National Crime Agency announced that a multi-million pound civil recovery order had been granted by the High Court against Zamira Hajiyeva, wife of jailed banker Jahangir Hajiyev. The proceedings against Mrs Hajiyeva began in 2018 with […]
A third male has been found guilty of murder and conspiring to possess a firearm. Akeem Lawrence, 30 from Birmingham was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 35 years after he was found guilty of murdering a young father. Murtaza Nazir was fatally shot in August 2020 getting out of his Black […]
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Hongchi Xiao, 61, was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter after a four week trial at Winchester Crown Court. Xiao promoted paida and lajin – slapping and stretching – therapy as an alternative to Western medicine. Mrs Carr-Gomm had sought alternative treatment for her Type 1 diabetes and attended a residential slapping therapy workshop taught by […]
A cyclist was found guilty of murder after fatally stabbing a BMW driver who knocked over his bike. Ahmed Chakile Gonladieu, 25, attacked Alexandros Josephs through an open car window on 10 May last year. Fatally wounded, Mr Josephs then drove a short distance down the road and crashed into a line of parked cars. […]
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Two defendants who armed themselves to murder a rival in ‘cold blood’ have been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of a total of 46 years. Abbas Jean-Pierre, 20 and Shakur Idan, 21, from Harrow, were convicted over the stabbing of Hamed Mani in August 2023. They were found guilty following a trial […]
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A defendant who plotted to abduct, rape and murder the TV personality Holly Willoughby was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 16 years. Gavin Plumb, 37, from Harlow, Essex denied soliciting murder, inciting kidnap and inciting rape between 2021 and 2023, but was found guilty following an eight-day trial and […]
