Victoria prosecutes and defends cases of all types, including allegations of rape and sexual assault, serious violence, drugs and fraud. She is a grade 3 prosecutor and is on the CPS RASSO Advocates Panel.
Victoria is very experienced in handling cases involving especially vulnerable complainants, including particularly young children and children and adults who require an intermediary. She frequently deals with cases involving Mental Health Law having represented patients at Mental Health Review Tribunals. She regularly appears in cases of domestic violence which involve serious harm and serious offences and was a Led Junior in a murder, which was the result of domestic violence.
Victoria is also instructed to conduct specialist prosecutions on behalf of Trading Standards and HMRC.
Cases
R V W
Successful prosecution of a man accused of historic sexual offences involving multiple complainants, spanning many years, which resulted in a sentence of life imprisonment , tariff of 24 years and minimum sentence of 12 years.
R v H
Successful prosecution of a man accused of rape and serious violence which resulted in 18 years imprisonment with an extended sentence of 6 years
R v D
Successful prosecution of a man accused of sexual offences on a very young complainant who was represented by Queens Counsel.
R v Fairney
Successful prosecution of a man accused of making indecent images of children.
R V K
Successful defence of a man accused of historic sexual offences which included Rape
R V L
Successful defence of a man accused of sexual offences in respect of three different complainants and of taking indecent images of children .
R V Christian – Walters
Successful prosecution of a man accused of S18 wounding where the complainant had been stabbed near the heart and nearly died .
R V Patel
Successful prosecution of a man accused of Arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered when he set fire to a rival company and caused in excess of 100k in damages.
Derby City Council V Machin
Successful prosecution of a man accused of selling cars where the mileage had been reduced and false service history documents had been generated. The case was featured on a consumer watch dog television programme.
Nottingham City Council V Khizri, Hamadeen, Said, Karim, Heideri and Salih
Successful prosecution of several men in respect of confiscation proceedings in relation to a large scale operation involving counterfeit cigarettes.
