R v Danielle McCreery (March 2020) – Defendant accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice in relation to a murder in Lancaster.
R v Raheel Khan (October 2020) – Defendant unanimously acquitted of murder by stabbing in Oldham. (Manchester Evening News) (BBC News).
R v AR (December 2020) – Allegation of murder, by repeated blows with an axe. Prosecution accept a plea to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
R v David Pawluk (October 2018) – Defence murder in a domestic setting. (BBC News) (Daily Mail).
R v Diane Ingham (2017) – mother acquitted of using violence leading up to a murder involving her family members. Convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Sexual offences
Defence
R v JD (2018) – 14 year old Defendant acquitted of the repeated stranger rape of an alcoholic woman.
R v JW (2018) – Marital rape. After cross examination of the Complainant the Prosecution offered no evidence.
R v DH (2018) – Allegation of marital rape. Bad character evidence of previous sexual assaults was admitted before the jury. Defendant acquitted.
R v B-G (2019) – Defendant acquitted of serious sexual assault which was captured on webcam video.
R v J Walsh (2019) – Rape of a male with strongly supportive forensic evidence. The Defendant had a limited recollection of events. The case involved complex expert evidence as to the hallucinogenic/psychotic effects of Ketamine. Defendant acquitted.
R v GM (2019) – Sexual assault alleged by 6 year old child against her grandfather. Defendant acquitted.
R v AG (2019) – Bus driver acquitted of sexual assault upon a Complainant with Downs Syndrome. He had faced a similar previous allegation.
R v NS (January 2020) – Allegation of rape of a child. Prosecution offer no evidence after successful legal argument to exclude the Defendant’s interview.
Prosecution
R v JG and AG (2019) – Allegation of rape, sexual assault and grooming over several years. Defendant convicted and received 21 years.
R v MB (2019) – Defendant convicted of rape and sexual assault of a child family member.
R v OH (2020) – Defendant convicted of historic sexual assault upon a child.