R v HG – Attempted Murder – Snaresbrook Crown Court – 2024

It was alleged that HG attempted, together with his four co-defendants, to murder a rival gang member . It was the Crown’s case that HG was the person who stabs the victim multiple times.

The Crown’s case was presented on the analysis of a significant volume of telephone communications between handsets alleged to have been under the control of the defendants, surveillance and forensic identification evidence. HG accepted that he was the person who stabbed the victim. The issue in the case was whether he intended to kill. Complex legal arguments relating to gang association and gang hierarchies were drafted.

Other Relevant Murray Hughman Cases

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Drugs/Organised Crime

R v K Conspiracy to supply cannabis – Woolwich Crown Court – 2025

Andy is instructed to act for K, who was alleged to have played an integral role within an Organised Crime Group involved in a nationwide conspiracy to supply on a wholesale basis, hundreds of Kilos of cannabis.

R v RC – Importation of Class A Drugs – Chelmsford Crown Court – 2025

Emma Lambie was instructed to represent RC in a serious criminal matter at Chelmsford Crown Court. RC had spent 16 months on remand before Emma was brought onto the case just two weeks prior to trial. The prosecution alleged that our client was knowingly involved in the importation of 116.54 kg of cocaine, with an estimated street value of £7.9 million, which was discovered secreted within the rear doors of a refrigerated lorry.

R v RS – Conspiracy to assist in the unlawful immigration into the UK and Money Laundering at Lewes Crown Court – 2024

Andy Rootsey’s client (RS) was acquitted following a hard fought five-week Trial before the Lewes Crown Court in relation to an offence of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration. Andy’s client was one of only two defendants to be acquitted in relation to the conspiracy.