Joshua Bowker

Violence

Operation Hummingbird: disclosure junior in a case involving multiple murders and a significant amount of unused material.

R v MH: prosecuted a Defendant charged with s18, the deliberate driving of a vehicle at a pedestrian.

R v IK: prosecuted a Defendant charged with s18, an attack on a member of the public with a weapon in broad daylight.

R v JB: represented a Defendant at trial charged with a knife-point robbery in a dwelling.

R v JL: represented a Defendant acquitted at trial of a section 18 inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent committed in prison.

R v GP: successful defence at trial of an individual charged with violent disorder and possession of a weapon, involving CCTV evidence.

Sexual Offending

R v MH: junior defence counsel at trial for offences alleging the historic grooming and rape of multiple children in the 1990s.

R v TOR: junior prosecution counsel in a case alleging the sexual and physical abuse of five children between 1980-2000.

R v RE: represented a Defendant charged with sexual assaults committed against 9 different females as they walked through Manchester.

R v MS: prosecuted a defendant convicted of the digital penetration of his granddaughter.

R v GH: represented a Defendant at trial charged with the rape and sexual abuse of his long-term partner.

R v GW: represented a Defendant at a finding of fact hearing, facing charges of rape committed against his children.

R v RT: represented a Defendant at trial charged with sexual activity with a child and intimidation. The Defendant was acquitted by the jury.

Drugs and Organised Crime

Operation Heartwood: represented a Defendant involved in a large conspiracy involving the supply of over 75kg of cocaine through the North of England.

Operation Tagula: led prosecution junior in an operation involving the supply of large amounts of cocaine.

R v RB: represented a Defendant charged with kidnap, false imprisonment and blackmail.

R v LH: represented a Defendant involved in a Class A drugs supply conspiracy through Cumbria.

R v DT: Defended a teenager who had pleaded guilty to possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply. Following a Newton Hearing, the judge accepted the Defendant’s account, and they received a suspended sentence.

Dishonesty

R v SA and others: led prosecution junior in a 15-defendant conspiracy to commit fraud with a total value in excess of £200,000.

R v PH: successful representation of a Defendant charged with burglary involving DNA evidence.

R v LT: successfully appeared at the Court of Appeal on an appeal against sentence, in relation to a technical point and totality, leading to a reduction in sentence from 30 to 20 months.