Anthony Bell > Chambers of Adrian Keeling KC and Jonathan Jones KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Anthony has a criminal defence practice including serious fraud of all descriptions, drugs conspiracies, firearms, money laundering, murder, rape and large scale disorder.  He is familiar with the forfeiture, confiscation and civil recovery provisions of POCA.  His cases are prosecuted by all the principle prosecuting authorities.  He acts as a Junior and as a Leading Junior.  He works mainly in London and the Midlands.  He is also a member of the regulatory group.

He is married with three children but still finds the time occasionally to watch Portsmouth FC

Some of the more serious cases in which Anthony has appeared in the recent past have included:

B (2009 Reading Crown Court)

Murder by stabbing in Reading town centre.  Unled and without a Junior

J (2010 Southwark Crown Court)

Prosecution by HSE after a worker drowned in River Thames.  Case stopped at half-time, and prosecution appeal against ruling not proceeded with

H & ots (2011 Birmingham Crown Court)

Laundering the proceeds of a very large construction industry tax fraud

M (2011 Isleworth Crown Court)

Conspiracy to import £50m of cannabis

B (2012 CCC)

Murder and subsequent hiding of body.  Leading Junior

K (2013 Birmingham)

Rape allegations against Defendant previously found unfit to stand trial

B (2013-2015 Mold)

Drugs conspiracy.  Issues of A-G’s consent to prosecute

C (2014-2017 Southwark)

Insider Trading

S (2015 Birmingham)

Conspiracy to supply firearms

R (2016 Warwick)

Murder

N (2016 Court of Appeal)

CCRC confiscation reference

A (2016 – 2018 CCC)

Computer hacking

P (2016-2017 Worcester)

Fraudulent variation of will

R (2017 Woolwich)

Duty fraud (tobacco and cigarettes)

B (2017 Wolverhampton)

Allegation of supply of drugs by soldier to friend who died

B (2017-2018 Warwick)

Conspiracy to import firearms

S (2017 Wolverhampton)

Allegation of rape against serving soldier

T (2018-2019 Birmingham)

Conspiracy to import cigarettes and tobacco

L (2018-2019 Isleworth)

Importing rare birds eggs into UK

B (2017-2019 Stafford)

County lines drugs conspiracy

B (2018-2020 Birmingham)

Investment fraud

F (2018 Birmingham)

Attempted Murder

Reported Cases

Choudhury [1996] 2 Cr.App.R 484 (VAT Act 1983 section 39(3) / drafting of Indictment)

Sookoo  The Times, April 10, 2002 (Perverting the course of justice)

Bianco  [2002] 1 Archbold News 2 (Duress – withdrawing defence from Jury)

Eubank [2002] 1 Cr.App.R.(S) 4 (Need for separate count alleging possession of firearm in Robbery Indictment when in issue)

Sagoo [2014] 2 W.L.R. 233 (Confiscation – delay, apportionment)

Neuberg (Karen) (No 2) [2017] 4 W.L.R. 58 (CCRC reference re pre-Waya confiscation order)

Midland Circuit

Criminal Bar Association