Carol Hawley of the Garden Court Chambers Crime Team was instructed by Madeleine Corr of Shaw Graham Kersh LLP.
Carol secured a significantly reduced sentence for a vulnerable young man charged in a large-scale drugs conspiracy.
Early identification of the client’s unusual presentation prompted expert assessment, which revealed cognitive and motor abnormalities, highly suggestive of an underlying organic neurological disorder.
With substantial mitigation advanced on his behalf and a timely guilty plea, the court imposed a markedly more lenient sentence than would otherwise have been expected.
Carol Hawley
Carol Hawley is a specialist criminal defence advocate with vast experience of all aspects of high-level crime including murder, fraud, complex drug conspiracies, firearms and sexual offending. She has a reputation for tenacious cross-examination and is highly respected for her analytical approach and sound judgement.
Get in touch with Carol’s clerks at crimeclerksmailbox@gclaw.co.uk
