Sabrina defends and prosecutes all areas of crime regularly appearing in the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal. She has a wide range of experience which includes the following:
Areas of Expertise
- Violent Offences
- Driving Offences (including death by dangerous and death by careless driving)
- Sexual Offences (including rape, sexual assault, those against children committed by offenders under 18 and child pornography)
- Drugs offences (including large scale conspiracy to supply)
- Dishonesty Offences
Specialist criminal trial knowledge includes:
- Human Rights law in relation to witness evidence;
- “Bad character” evidence and admissibility;
- Hearsay evidence; and
- PII
She also has extensive experience of trials involving vulnerable, very young, very old and mentally disadvantaged witnesses, and the special measures required to enhance their evidence.
Reported Cases
R v William Farrell, Court of Appeal [2008] EWCA Crim 2748
Appeal against conviction for burglary. Issue of proceeding in the defendant’s absence
Notable Cases
- R v Chi Peng Iok, York Crown Court, 2008
Conspiracy to manage brothels. Defence junior to Simon Kealey. - R v Terrence Dunstan, Leeds Crown Court, 2008
Five counts of indecently assaulting three children in the early 1990s; - R v Powley, Hull Crown Court, 2006
Prosecution Junior to David Bradshaw. Successful prosecution of a Death by Dangerous Driving where the Defence was Non-Insane Automatism - R v Bingham & Ors, Hull Crown Court, 2005
Prosecution Junior to David Bradshaw. Successful prosecution of a seven handed Conspiracy to Supply Class A and C drugs - R v Ali, Majid & Ors, Leeds Crown Court, 2004
Defence Junior to Heather Humpage. Multi-handed Violent Disorder. Successful submission of no case to answer made
Seminars
- Road Traffic Law - an update - March 2009
