Alex Taylor-Camara of the Garden Court Criminal Defence Team represented the defendant, instructed by Donovan Malcolm, solicitor and partner at Malcolm & Co. Solicitors.
Alex was instructed in a firearms and ammunition case where not guilty verdicts were entered on all counts after the Criminal Prosecution Service (CPS) offered no evidence against a defendant with firearm and ammunition charges.
The allegation surrounded the finding of a loaded firearm in an open grass area, metres away from the defendant’s home. Officers had suggested an item had been thrown from the defendant’s flat, which was denied. Forensic examination of the firearm suggested a DNA link to the defendant.
The defence case was that there was an innocent transfer of the defendant’s DNA from the sock in which the firearm was held. The defence argued that someone had removed a sock belonging to the defendant from the communal laundry area, and must have placed the gun in the sock.
After meticulous examination of the scene, hours of body worn footage, and a detailed expert report by a forensic scientist addressing the issue of innocent transfer, the CPS offered no evidence on all four counts against the defendant.
