Elena Papamichael was instructed by Mel Stooks, Partner at GT Stewart Solicitors to represent a 21 year old defendant charged with three counts of human trafficking in a multi-handed case at Ipswich Crown Court. Her client was acquitted.
Elena Papamichael was instructed to represent the first defendant in a multi-handed case involving three counts of human trafficking.
Elena’s client was charged with all three counts involving allegations that children were trafficked for the purposes of exploitation.
It was alleged that Elena’s client arranged the transport of three children from London to another town so that they could be made to sell drugs.
The prosecution were represented by Kings Counsel and senior junior counsel. The Crown sought to rely on cell- site evidence, telephone communication, missing persons reports and other evidence.
Elena was able to secure a terminatory ruling in relation to all three counts of human trafficking by way of various legal arguments, which led to the exclusion of the majority of the evidence. This meant her client was found not guilty.
Elena is specialist in serious crime, youth justice and protest rights. Elena also accepts instructions representing families in inquests and actions against the police. She is recognised as a Rising Star in Human Rights & Administrative Law in Legal 500 2025. Elena is regularly instructed in the most complex cases of serious violence, firearms and drug trafficking, as well as high-profile protest cases and cases involving human rights. She has expertise in relation to cases involving gang evidence, multi-handed cases and in defending youth defendants in the Crown Court.
