Archive: Criminal Defence

  Two HGV mechanics, represented by SBC, received fines at court for deliberately inputting incorrect data into inspection forms. The mechanics, both of whom pleaded guilty, could have faced up to two years imprisonment for these offences.   After hearing mitigation the Magistrates were persuaded that these were isolated incidents […]

This defendant, represented by Harry Bowyer, was charged with Dangerous Driving (Maximum Sentence 2 years imprisonment, Mandatory Disqualification, Extended Driving Test to regain licence) having been stopped in a car which had its side windows tinted to such an extent as to allow only 3-4% of light to penetrate. On […]

The Defendant was driving a Porsche 911 and, on his own admission, he was travelling well in excess of the speed limit. He lost control of the vehicle and left the road, crashing into a tree. The vehicle was written off and the defendant suffered serious injuries as neither he […]

Defendant, driving an 18 tonne flatbed, had a lapse of concentration which led him to cross the rumble strip into the hard shoulder where he clipped a van that had broken down. Both vehicles subsequently written off. After hearing from Harry Bowyer in mitigation the magistrates dealt with the defendant by way of a £400 […]

A driver was prosecuted by the DVSA for making a false record which included the use of another person’s tachograph card and for having insufficient daily rest. After hearing mitigation from Martin Smith on the driver’s behalf the magistrates imposed a fine on the driver of £350 and ordered him […]

Simon Clarke secured the acquittal of the driver of the truck which delivered a container holding 35 illegal immigrants, one of whom had died, to Zeebrugge port and later discovered at Tilbury.  His case had been that his employer had duped him into doing the run without any knowledge of […]

A Dutch lorry driver had pleaded guilty to the importation of 12 kilograms of cocaine. Harry Bowyer argued that the sentence was too high as the Judge had taken too high a starting point in calculating sentence and had failed to take significant mitigation properly into account. The Court of […]

This driver, driving a 7.5 tonne vehicle under grandfather rights, had an imperfect knowledge of his driver’s hours obligations. He was unlucky enough to find himself the subject of both a CPS prosecution in London and a DVSA prosecution in the Midlands which proved impossible to join together. Represented by Smith Bowyer […]

Owing to the more aggressive behaviour of clandestine entrants at the channel ports this defendant had purchased two tasers which were incorporated into torches. These were discovered in the green channel at Harwich and he was properly charged under section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968. Unfortunately Ipswich CPS elected […]

A Dutch Lorry Driver working for a European haulage firm importing goods into the UK was arrested when Customs Officers discovered 40kgs of cocaine, worth over £10 million, hidden under the false floor of his vehicle trailer. Client was acquitted at trial, represented by Harry Bowyer.  Client found Not Guilty […]