October 20, 2014
Sentencing Guidelines not followed in £8000 benefit fraud case. Our client was summonsed to attend Court in relation to an allegation of benefit fraud. She had been overpaid £8,000 Housing and Council benefit as a result of her failure to notify the local authority that she had started work. The overpayment had arisen over a […]
October 16, 2014
Mobile phone evidence central to conspiracy to possess firearms Wood Green Crown Court R v M and others Moss & Co were instructed to represent the first defendant on the indictment in a five-handed conspiracy to supply firearms trial which lasted over five weeks. The charges centered on an arms factory, the importation of machine […]
January 31, 2014
Identification evidence challenge leads to Robbery acquittal Our client was jointly charged with another juvenile in relation to an allegation of knife point robbery. It was alleged that he had been with three others in the corridor of a block of flats and had threatened the victim with a knife and had demanded her bag. […]
December 3, 2013
Moss and Co succeed in two cases concerning dangerous dogs Doggy story 1 Our lady client had no previous convictions and had never been arrested before. She was arrested and charged with having a dog dangerously out of control in a public place. It was alleged that her Staffordshire Bull terrier had attacked another dog […]
November 15, 2013
Taxi driver acquitted of assault Our Client was charged with criminal assault. He had been a cab driver for many years. He has a wife and two children and is the sole bread winner in his family. He was arrested following an accusation by one of his female passengers. He had been accused of using racially […]
October 4, 2013
Rape acquittal Moss & Co instructed Mary Poku of Counsel to represent one of nine men found not guilty of conspiracy to rape a girl under 16 years of age as well as other charges of serious sexual assault. Detailed disclosure requests were made to the Crown, including a request for full details of all social […]
October 3, 2013
Expert advice in police station leads to Not Guilt verdict in assault case A drunken night out turned sour when our client got into an argument with his drinking companions. They argued and it was claimed that out our client assaulted his friends with a nail studded cudgel and brick causing them Grievous Bodily Harm. […]
October 1, 2013
Juvenile robbery acquittal Moss & Co represented a 15 year old who was arrested for robbery. The allegation was that after our client’s friend had robbed a woman of her phone they ran off together. Our client denied knowing that her friend planned a robbery. Our client was charged on the basis that the offence […]
September 5, 2013
Benefit fraud, appears to be the flavour of the month for the UK’s tabloid press. It would appear the media are fed story-after-story by Government spin doctors seeking to justify far-reaching cuts to the Welfare Budget. Extra resources have been committed to fraud investigators. The inevitable outcome is undoubtedly a large rise in the number […]
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