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Martyn Levett
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Position
Martyn Levett undertakes work both as a leader and a junior for the prosecution and defence. His practice mainly concentrates on trials involving murder, sexual offences, large-scale frauds, money laundering and major drug operations. He has successfully dealt with cases where there have been difficult problems with informants, accountancy methods, proceeds of crime, duress and joint enterprise. He has drawn on his scientific knowledge to unravel key points on starvation, dehydration and suffocation; asphyxiation and fire deaths; unusual causes of death in cases of murder and manslaughter; and breaches of duty in Health & Safety, codes of practice and corporate manslaughter liability.Martyn has wide-ranging experience in firearms law. This is based on both practical experience with firearms and from technical knowledge. He understands the operating cycle (gas, blowback, recoil systems) of most manufactured firearms, including the Russian systems.
Career
Called 1978; Middle Temple; appointed Recorder 2000.
Member
Criminal Bar Association; East Anglian Bar Mess; Essex Bar Mess; South Eastern Circuit.
Education
BSc Hons chemical engineering.
Practice Areas
Crime - corporate; Crime - general; Fraud: crime