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Criminal

Matthew is instructed in all manner of criminal cases.  He is a CPS grade 3 prosecutor and has been led in cases of the utmost seriousness including murder, child cruelty and fraud.  In recent years, he has been developing a practice in appellate work, taking on difficult and novel points of law.

Reported Cases

R v Kwakye-Ampomah [2023] EWCA Crim 1638.  On the use of anonymous hearsay evidence in criminal behaviour order applications.

R v Hamer [2023] EWCA Crim 516.  Whether convictions for breaching a knife crime prevention order and for having a bladed article for the same act was permissible.

R v Desir [2022] EWCA Crim 1071.  Correct formulation of the criminal standard of proof.

R v Kandola [2022] EWCA Crim 846.  Judge’s findings of fact on a Newton hearing quashed and sentence reduced.

R v Parker [2020] EWCA Crim 184.  Sentence for multiple burglaries reduced.

R v Szewczyk [2019] EWCA Crim 1811.  On the correct construction “having” a bladed article, per section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.

Education and Appointments

BA Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology, University of Oxford

MPhil Philosophy, University of Cambridge

LLB, University of London

Bar Professional Training Course, City Law School, Outstanding

CPS Grade 3

CPS Specialist Panel Appointments: Grade 3 Serious Crime and Grade 2 Fraud and POCA