Recent results demonstrate that our criminal lawyers are experts at negotiating with the police and the Office of the Director of Pubic Prosecutions. There is often room for negotiations in criminal matters, with charges and facts changing dramatically, or being withdrawn altogether. Some recent examples include:
Murder charge
Our lawyer was successful in getting our client’s murder charge withdrawn. Instead, our client pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the basis of excessive self-defence.
Aggravated sexual assault in company
Our lawyer was successful in getting our client’s aggravated sexual assault in company charge withdrawn due to the complainant’s lack of credibility. The lack of credibility was evident due to contradictions among other witnesses prior to trial and confusion between the versions provided to the police.
Sexual intercourse without consent
Our lawyer was successful in getting our client’s sexual intercourse without consent charge withdrawn. Instead, our client plead guilty to one choking charge, resulting in a 12 month community correction order with no other conditions.
Fraud
Our lawyer was successful in getting our client’s fraud charge withdrawn on the basis there was no deception involved. What occurred was no more than a breach of contract.
Affray
Our lawyer successfully had our client’s affray charge withdrawn. Instead, our client pleaded guilty to common assault on the basis that the offence took place away from the public.
Armed robbery
Our lawyer successfully argued that two charges of robbery armed with a dangerous weapons (firearm) to be withdrawn on the basis that the case was circumstantial and there was a hypothesis consistence with innocence that the prosecution could exclude, namely that while he was with co-accused before and after the robberies, he may have be elsewhere at the time of the offences.
Robbery in company
Our lawyer successfully had our client’s robbery charge withdrawn after the Crown agreed that our client’s identification could not be proved.
Domestic violence
Our lawyer was successful in getting our client’s domestic violence charge withdrawn due to there being no statement from the partner, nor was there a caution provided to the client when they made their admissions.
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