Past Cases | Woolf Law

Just a small selection of cases upon which our experience has been built:

Murder

R v KE – Old Bailey Central Criminal Court – Mother and Father charged with the Murder of their 8 week old baby. Complex medical evidence involving the instruction of 15 different medical experts.

R v CW - St Albans Crown Court - A high profile child murder where the Defendant murdered his 4-year old child following a lengthy custody battle. Issues of mental health and autism considered as well as a high profile enquiry into the failings of social services in neighbouring Counties.

R v MP - Albans Crown Court – the Defendant, who was a stranger, was charged with breaking into a house and killing a mother in front of her children following which he then attempted to kidnap them. Issues of Mental Health and Fitness to Plead and Stand trial considered. There was substantial media coverage of this case.

R v CL – St Albans Crown Court –the Defendant, who was a Solicitor, lured the victim whom he had met on a dating website to a hotel where he murdered her and then engaged in necrophilia.

R v AA - Bristol Crown Court - Defending the main Defendant who was a youth charged with torture and stabbing of a rival drug dealer in a County Lines Cuckooing drug case.

R V JW - Coventry Crown Court - the Defendant, a youth at the time of the offence, stabbed a rival youth in an alleged drug robbery. The unusual aspect was the Defendant's background and the impact on his actions having been tortured and beaten himself in the very recent past and the impact of his subsequent involvement in the world of drug dealing.

Serious Fraud

R v SD – Southwark Crown Court – the Defendants were charged with defrauding local authorities, public bodies and a foreign bank in an Asset Finance fraud valued at £160 million pounds. Trial lasted 6 months.

R v – SH - Harrow Crown Court - a multi handed Lettings Agency fraud valued at hundreds of thousands of pounds involving fake properties and bogus tenants.

R v KB – Southwark Crown Court - the Defendant was a Solicitor charged with a multi-jurisdictional fraud valued at 100 million Euros against a foreign Oil Company involving forged financial documents alleging over $2 billion worth of assets. Trial lasted 6 months.

R v MM – Southwark Crown Court - the Defendant was a Company Director charged in a multi million pound Carbon Credit Fraud.

R v SE – Snaresbrook Crown Court – the Defendant was charged in what was described by the Prosecution as “the Worlds Largest ever Ebay Fraud” concerning the sale of counterfeit golf clubs imported from China and sold around the world. Trial lasted 5 months and was prosecuted by Trading Standards.

R v – Old Bailey – the Defendant, who was a high ranking Bank Official was charged with perpetrating a fraud on her employer, a major UK Clearing Bank. The defence involved issues of 3rd party duress and blackmail.

Drugs

R v SA – Northampton Crown Court - the defendant was originally charged with Murder in circumstances where the victim had been dismembered and the body parts scattered. The Murder allegation was dropped following Carl’s legal argument at court, leaving only offences of concealing and possessing criminal property in addition to numerous counts of possession with intent to supply controlled class A and B drugs which had been stolen from the victim.

R v AZ – Harrow Crown Court – the Defendant was said to be a leader of an Organised Criminal Gang who were alleged to have been responsible for the burglary of a rival drug gangs Cannabis Factory and subsequent attempt to supply drugs into the a prison by smuggling drugs into Crown Court cells during the course of a Elements of Drill Music and You Tube videos were relevant.

R v DC – Northampton Crown Court – the Defendant was charged with Conspiracy to Supply Drugs in a County Lines drugs operation involving children being used as ‘Mules” to move drugs and money for older gang members.

R v DN – Luton Crown Court – the Defendant was charged with using letting out properties to fake tenants and then using them as cannabis factories and brothels.

Violence

R v NM – Northampton Crown Court – the Defendant was charged along with 18 other Defendants with Attempted Murder and Conspiracy to commit GBH. All defendants were from the Travelling community charged with violent attack on a rival Travelling family. Allegations involved the use of shotguns and machetes in which an adult and a youth were shot.

R v AZ – Luton Crown Court – the Defendant was said to be the main instigator of a Conspiracy to commit GBH, Kidnapping, and Possession of Firearms. This involved ‘Tit for Tat’ attacks by rival gangs, which included the kidnapping of a rival gang member, a youth gang member having his arm almost severed in a machete attack and a revenge drive by shooting in broad daylight in a residential street. This involved evidence that related to Gang rap and drill music and the trial lasted almost 3 months.

R v – LU - St Albans Crown Court – the Defendant was accused of Attempted Murder in which the allegation of violence was committed in the context of County Lines drug dealing and involved the shooting of an innocent victim at the home address of a rival drug dealer using a sawn off shotgun. Case involved a famous Grime music artist and gathered much media attention.

R v ST– Maidstone Crown Court – the Defendant was the main Defendant in a case involving kidnapping and torture of an individual by a gang on a vulnerable adult.

R v LC – St Albans Crown Court – the Defendant was part of a number of Defendants charged with Attempted Murder and Conspiracy to commit GBH – all Defendants were youths and alleged to have stabbed other Youths in an unprovoked attack in broad daylight in the middle of a local park.

R v ST – St Albans Crown Court – the Defendant was charged with other defendants of causing Grievous Bodily Harm on children. Unusually, all of the defendants and victims were completely deaf or hearing impaired. The case involved the use of sign language interpreters, lip readers and Intermediaries.

Sexual Offences

R v JM – Old Bailey Central Criminal Court – the Defendant committed a string of 37 offences involving Kidnap, False Imprisonment and Rape, on 11 victims aged between 11 and 71, over 2 week period of time that took him the length and breadth of the UK resulting in a nationwide man hunt. The case attracted huge media attention.

R v KF – St Albans Crown Court – the Defendant and his partner were both charged with the systematic torture and sexual assault of an 18 month old baby. The case involved substantial evidence relating to school records, social services enquiries and family court proceedings.

R v SW – Northampton Crown Court – the Defendant was charged with multiple offences of Sexual Assault, Rape and Coercive and Controlling Behaviour against all 3 of his ex-wives over a 20 year period.

R v SS - Nottingham Crown Court – the Defendant was charged along with a number of other Defendants of being involved in the Production and Distribution of Child Pornography – this case was the first ever prosecution for downloading and storing illegal material using internet Newsgroups. The case involved complex legal arguments in relation to the impact of European Legislation on UK law and actions of the Defendants in the UK.

R v MS – St Albans Crown Court – the Defendant was charged with the sexual assault of a teenager who was both a family friend and the victim’s driving instructor.

R v GL – St Albans Crown Court – the Defendant was a professional Masseur charged with sexually assaulting his clients.

R v TZ - St Albans Crown Court - the Defendant was charged with downloading and distributing child pornography. The unusual feature of the case was that the Defendant was blind and the prosecution alleged that not only had the defendant used specialist software to search the internet but also had searched for material where the soundtrack was graphic and descriptive as to the nature and content of the material.

R v KP - Central Criminal Court - the Defendant, a professional dog walker and pet sitter was charged with the downloading of indecent images relating to not only children but also to acts of bestiality.

R v WR - Luton Crown Court - the Defendant was charged with the downloading of indecent material as well as the communication with minors. The Defence centred around an analysis of the IP addresses used to access the internet and to which material was sent and downloaded to.

R v AC - Woolwich Crown Court - the Defendant, a student was charged with the anal rape and indecent assault of the vicim, another student. The case involved the analysis of the existence of date rape drugs and the impact of strict religious beliefs on the actions of both the victim and the defendant.

R v DS - Inner London Crown Court - the Defendant, a foreign national was charged with sexual communication with a minor and downloading and distributing of indecent images. The unusual feature of the case was that the Defendant was said to have committed the offences in relation to victims in foreign jurisdictions, both whilst he was in the United Kingdom and also whilst he was abroad.

R v GT - Gloucester Crown Court - the Defendant, charged with Intentional Strangulation, Threats to to Kill and assault of the victim in front of 2 witnesses followed by an admission to the police. The case involved a consideration of the law of self defence, provocation, a detailed analysis of messages via social media and careful cross examination of the complainant who provided evidence of injuries allegedly caused by the Defendant.

Other Legal Specialities

Dangerous Dogs - Carl has an in depth knowledge of cases involving dangerous dogs and cases where dogs are alleged to have been used as weapons in gang attacks.

Door Supervisors - Carl has also been a Martial Arts Instructor for the last 30 years, not only in the United Kingdom but also around the world, to civilians, door supervisors and law enforcement personnel. Being a former Close Protection Officer for an MP, a member of the House of Lords and a number of High Ranking Public figures, Carl undertakes a large amount of work on behalf of Door Supervisors and also advises the Security Profession on the Legal Aspects of their work.