Notable Cases

Our client was accused of racially aggravated threatening behaviour and assaulting an emergency worker, namely a police officer during a football game at Wembley Stadium.

Our client was charged along with seven others of murder. He was acquitted of murder and found guilty of manslaughter.

Our client was charged along with seven others of murder. The prosecution case was that another co-defendant had been robbed by a gang earlier in the day. The co-defendant had phones, money and other items stolen in the robbery, and the killing was said to be a revenge attack.

We represented a male accused of theft and breach of a suspended sentence order that was made just 6 days prior to his arrest. The suspended sentence was 14 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years.

Our client was stopped by police driving a vehicle that was registered in his name. In that vehicle was found a sophisticated hidden compartment containing £1 million worth of cocaine (37 kgs).

We represented a male of good character, who was 18 years old at the time of the allegations. He faced an indictment containing two counts of kidnap, two counts of false imprisonment and one count of blackmail. There were 3 co-defendants in the case facing similar counts.

We represented a youth, aged 15, charged with murder and manslaughter in the alternative. He was charged alongside another male youth charged with murder, and a third male charged with assisting an offender. The case also involved youth witnesses that gave evidence via s28 hearings.

Following a transfer of legal aid, we acted for our client in enforcement proceedings before Liverpool magistrates’ Court. Our client had a confiscation order made against him with a benefit figure of 6,423,400.00 and an available amount of £103,963.50.

Our client was accused of aggravated burglary of a dwelling. The Crown stated that the defendant forced her way into the complainant’s property, straddled her, and attempted to hit her with a plastic mallet. Our client’s case was that she had no memory of the incident.

The defendant was charged with murder, the deceased being his mother with whom he was extremely close.

Our client, a provider of personal concierge services, including travel arrangements, was subject to an account freezing order on £20,000 held by World Pay UK following a credit card transaction which should have been transferred to their business bank account.

Sonn Macmillan Walker has secured acquittals for a client charged with sexual assault of his 2 daughters under the age of 13.