Not guilty verdicts secured for defendant charged with sexual assault of a child under 13, causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child. Particular care had to be taken with the Defendant who had complex needs. He had attended a […]
Claire Holmes and Julia Baggs have appeared at Hull Crown Court before HHJ Thackray KC. The defendant was due to be tried for charges of attempted murder following a a crossbow attack on a house. However, the court ruled that he was unfit to plead. A trial of the facts hearing at Hull Crown Court […]
A 15-year-old boy who left a 14-year-old girl with life threatening injuries after brutally stabbing her multiple times in a targeted attack in Hessle in November last year has been found guilty of attempted murder. Neither child can be named for legal reasons. On Friday 1 November last year, a 13-year-old girl appeared at the […]
The Court of Appeal has upheld the convictions of a man whose 3 year old son tragically died in a crash as he raced another car along the motorway at speeds in excess of 100 mph. Claire Holmes prosecuted this case. Please see links below for more details. http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2021/802.html https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/loving-family-man-jailed-causing-death-three-year-old-son-after-100mph-motorway-race-3022897
