Defendant acquitted of serious and large scale violent disorder.

The defendant was the only one of fourteen defendants acquitted of a large-scale violent disorder. The allegation was of an ongoing feud between two groups, which had continued for years.

The defendant was represented by Sajad Chaudhury of Harewood Law and counsel George Hazel-Owram of St Pauls Chambers Leeds. The defendant was the only one of fourteen defendants acquitted of a large-scale violent disorder. The allegation was of an ongoing feud between two groups, which had continued for years.

In this particular disorder, knives, axes had been used to cause life threatening injuries, cars had been used to run a number of people over, the violence went across a number of days. Members of one group had set up what’s app groups to plan their attacks and select targets. The level of violence was described as shocking.

We represented the only defendant of fourteen charged who went to trial and was acquitted unanimously by a jury.