Prosecution Results

In addition to hundreds of committals for sentence for a broad range of offences, Damian has prosecuted dozens of trials on indictment. Example of both include -

Violence

R v Lee, 2025, Northampton Crown Court – dangerous driving and ABH in which the defendant had reversed his car at speed toward a person he had just assaulted unprovoked, striking him and causing injury; allegations he resisted until the day of trial. Following negotiation between Damian and opposing counsel, the defendant pleaded G to a revised indictment that sufficiently reflected his criminality.

R v Abbas, 2025, Luton Crown Court – in a sentencing for an attack by a stranger in which the victim's hand was deeply slashed with a Rambo knife, and despite defence submissions for why it should be lower, persuaded the judge that the correct starting point (before a reduction for the defendant having been aged 17) was the very top of the Sentencing Guideline for GBH.

Domestic Violence

R v Poppert, 2025, Lincoln Crown Court – domestic violence trial (strangulation and ABH x 2) – immediately after Damian's opening speech to the jury, the defendant changed his pleas to guilty, whereupon the jury were directed to convict on all three counts.

R v Broome, 2024, Aylesbury Crown Court – domestic violence in which the assaults caused a broken arm on one side, and, a week later, a wound and broken finger on the other at a time when the victim had an infant to care for by herself. The defence had been both a denial of any unlawful violence, and allegation that the much smaller victim had been the aggressor. Negotiation with the defence resulted in the defendant pleading guilty on the day of trial.

Administration of Justice

R v [anonymised pending further proceedings], 2025, [A] Crown Court – the defendant was the partner of a man who murdered his friend. When police arrived to arrest him, she lied about the clothes he had been wearing (later identified from CCTV, but never found), and then disposed of his mobile phone before it could be seized, later lying to police about what had happened to that. Indicted with perverting the course of justice, she maintained a not guilty plea until the day of trial. Damian worked closely with the police in the Major Crime Unit in preparing the chronology and evidence for trial. Following negotiation with opposing counsel, the defendant pleaded G on the day of trial, subsequently to which Damian prepared a detailed sentencing note that the senior investigating officer described as  "superb – it really reflects the dreadful behaviour of the defendant, and the impact of her actions on the investigation, and on [the victim's family]." 

Drugs

R v Nzwala, 2025, Aylesbury Crown Court – prosecuted a Class A drug dealer in an 8-day trial; unanimous guilty verdicts.

R v Hussain, 2024, Reading Crown Court – prosecuted a committal for sentence in a case of PWITS Class A of cocaine worth £600,000.

Sexual

R v Hemmington, 2025, Northampton Crown Court – the defendant was indicted on several counts of attempted sexual communication with a child; allegations he resisted until the day of trial. Following negotiation between Damian and opposing counsel, the defendant pleaded G to the principal counts which sufficiently reflected his criminality.

R v [anonymised to protect the victim's identity], 2025, Luton Crown Court – successfully prosecuted a father for 31 rapes and other serious sexual offences against his daughter, and possession of indecent images of children.

R v Barney, 2024, Reading Crown Court – prosecuted the sentence with a Newton hearing over a resisted application for a SHPO. The defendant had pleaded guilty to possession of extreme pornography beyond the 2008 law change, but as regards recent indecent images of children (IIOC) on his computer he avoided charge by blaming a by-then disappeared-housemate. By focussing on evidence that post-dated the defendant's claims as to when the housemate left, Damian disproved the defendant's denial of being responsible for that IIOC, and persuaded the judge that the SHPO was both necessary and proportionate, which was essential in order to have the defendant added to the Sex Offenders' Register.

Dishonesty

R v Horton, 2025, Reading Crown Court – the defendant had effectively been running a business of smuggling drugs into prisons disguised as confidential legal correspondence. At least 15 prisons had been affected by new fewer than 22 separate offences. A much lessor scope of offending was advanced on the defendant's behalf; Damian negotiated the final position with opposing counsel and prosecuted at sentence.

R v Janes, 2025, Reading Crown Court – the defendant was indicted on a count of fraud, the allegation being that she emptied bank accounts held by her elderly father of over £100k over a period of around a year. She accepted responsibility for around £15k of that. The Newton trial that followed ended in a finding that she took the indicted amount.

R v [multiple offenders], 2025, Reading Crown Court – prosecuted a group of offenders for brute-force thefts from cashpoints in which the ATMs were cut open and the cash inside stolen. Cash and damage to the value of £331k.

R v [anonymised pending further proceedings], 2025, Cambridge Crown Court – prosecuted at trial a father and son for a series of thefts and burglaries over a 9 month period in which there was no direct evidence linking the defendants to the offences; all of the Crown's evidence was circumstantial. Five-day trial ended in unanimous guilty verdicts against both defendants on all counts.

R v Jakeman, 2024, St Albans Crown Court – cashpoint robbery of a disabled victim in his 80s. For over a year the defence had been a denial that this defendant was the robber. Considerable pre-trial work was done with the OIC to shore up every aspect of the prosecution case, which resulted in a G plea on the day of trial. The OIC, working her last case before retirement, later wrote "I really enjoyed working on the case with you. Thanks for making my last experience as an OIC at court such a pleasant experience".

Public Order

R v Parkes, 2024 – Snaresbrook Crown Court – threats to kill and racially aggravated fear/provocation of violence. Successful bad character application. Four days. Jury unanimously convicted on both counts in around an hour. The OIC later wrote "I am very grateful to you for this result and for taking this case at such short notice".

Driving

R v Lewis, 2025, Northampton Crown Court – causing serious injury by careless driving arising from the defendant, who cut a corner late at night, then having driven over the chest of a drunk man who had moments earlier fallen over in the street; an allegation that was resisted for over a year in which time Damian gave the CPS advice on further investigation and evidence gathering necessary to prove the case. That done, following negotiation between Damian and opposing counsel, the defendant pleaded guilty.

R v Vickers, 2024, Leicester Crown Court – prosecuted at sentence an offence of dangerous driving that had ended in a collision after a police pursuit. As part of the sentencing, an application for a Deprivation Order in respect of the vehicle was granted.

Damage

R v Denton, 2023 – Basildon Crown Court – prosecuted an offence of arson, being reckless as to whether life was endangered.