Nicholas Rhodes KC*

Homicide cases

• R v. Akram (Sheffield) – Murder by deaf defendant w/in the Leicester deaf community. The entire trial conducted in sign language with the assistance of intermediaries.
  R v. Anderson and Anderson (Reading) – Gangland/revenge knife-point murder in Newbury.
  R v. Anstice (St Albans) – Murder of ex-wife. Trial issues included issues of mental health.
  R v. Connors (Sheffield) – Revenge/murder after uninvited attendance at a house party.
  R v. Cross and Others (Chelmsford) – Murder following false imprisonment, torture, beating and abandonment of a body.
  R v. Dale (Oxford) – Murder, torture and mutilation of a woman lured to a caravan park. The trial included issues of mental health.
  R v. Felisi (St Albans) – Murder and mutilation of a work colleague.
  R v. G (Sheffield) – Murder in the course of homophobic attack.
  R v. Hinkler (Sheffield) – ‘One punch’ murder by amateur boxer in gang fight outside nightclub.
  R v. I (Birmingham) – Murder of woman in a frenzied knife attack.
  R v. L (Sheffield) – Manslaughter of husband from single blow
  R v. Mehmood (Sheffield) – Murder following the ritualised killing of a work colleague at Halal Abattoir.
  R v. M and others (Sheffield) – Gangland murder within the Somali community by 13-year-old youth using sawn-off shotgun and others variously armed.
  R v. Nelson (Birmingham) – Murder following torture of victim by beating, stabbing, asphyxiating and finally burning to death.
  R v. O (Central Criminal Court)– Allegations of murder and unlawful act manslaughter in London street.
  R v. Siddique (Central Criminal Court) – Unprovoked murder with a knife in street of a stranger.
  R v. Taylor (Birmingham) – Gangland murder following ambush outside a nightclub in Birmingham City Centre
  R v. Vincent & others (Luton) – OCG commissioned murder of major gangland figure by ‘underworld enforcer’ using an AK47.
  R v. W and others (Central Criminal Court) – Conspiracy to murder arising from falling out within international drug smuggling OCG.
  R v. Wainwright (Teeside) – Unprovoked murder of work colleague.
  R v. W and others (Sheffield) – OCG ambush and murder of criminal opponent using a firearm.
  R v. Ebanks and others (Grand Cayman)– Murder of security guard in the course of robbery of the National Bank.
  R v. Robinson (Grand Cayman) – Gangland revenge murder in Grand Cayman

Serious Sexual Offences

• R v. A (Snaresbrook) – Campaign of rape and sexual attacks upon 6 women on
  different occasions.
  R v. M (Kingston) – Historic sexual abuse of boy and girl
  R v. W (Liverpool) – Historic sexual abuse and grooming of numerous girls
  R v. H (Guildford) – Rape of victim suffering severe learning difficulties by professional carer.
  
  Serious Fraud, Bribery and Corruption
• R v. K & Others (Southwark) – Carousel and VAT fraud.
  R v. S & Others (Southwark) – VAT and accounting fraud.
  R v. K (Southwark) – Politician accused of Fraud, Bribery and Corruption in
  construction and planning.
  R v. H & Others (Nottingham) – SFO prosecution of senior city solicitor in magic
  circle firm for conspiracy to defraud, pervert the course of public justice and
  perjury in relation to the conduct of commercial litigation.