Sarah Phelan, instructed the East Midlands Crown Prosecution Service, appeared for the Crown and prosecuted a Derby man who pleaded guilty on the morning of his trial to rape. The defendant attacked the complainant, when she was heavily intoxicated, having taken her back to his flat under the guise of protecting her when she was paralytic through drink and drugs and was not capable of consenting.
HHJ Smith QC imposed a sentence of 10 years and 9 months.
More information: Derby Evening Telegraph
Lucky Thandi, Sinjin Bulbring and Megan Morrison were at the 1 High Pavement Chambers stand at The Bar Council of England and Wales Pupillage Fair on Saturday
No. 1 High Pavement Chambers is delighted to welcome Miss Louise Howard as our new pupil at the start of her 1st Six. She will be supervised by Mr James Varley.
Miss Thandi (our head of pupillage) will be back on the road again this weekend, this time at the The Bar Council of England and Wales’s Pupillage Fair in London on Saturday 19th October.