MICHAEL BRADY QC DEFENDS BODY BUILDER IN MANSLAUGHTER PLEA


3rd May 2022

18 St John Street Chambers Head of Criminal Department Michael Brady QC represented 31-year-old Robert “Owen” Greenhalgh for the manslaughter of a 36-year-old man at a bar in Bolton in September last year.

The defendant pleaded guilty to the unlawful killing of Robert Smethurst at an earlier hearing and was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to a custodial period of 11 years and four months with an extended license period of three years and nine months – total 15 years.

Mr Brady QC was instructed by Kristina Harrison Solicitors.

To read more about this case please click the below links:

Daily Mail; Manchester Evening News; Bolton Evening News


Michael Brady QC

For further information on Michael Brady and other members of the Criminal Department, please contact a member of the criminal clerking team on 0161 278 8262 or crime@18sjs.com.