R v Hedley Plummer – instructed by the Complex Crime Unit to prosecute this murder case. The defendant stabbed his girlfriend to death before jumping from a window and landing on a passing vehicle. R v Michael Marler – Neil successfully prosecuted the defendant on a count of murder. Case involving the recent law of allowing a child to be killed. Complex medical evidence from seven experts. Both defendants represented by QC’s and juniors. R v Dawick and Flynn – successfully prosecuted parents of a baby murdered by the father. Causation of death being one of the issues in the case, involving the consideration of three neurosurgeons’ reports. Mr Bennet was a restaurant customer accused of the manslaughter of a fellow customer by pushing him to the floor causing fatal brain injuries. R v Bennett – Neil secured the acquittal of his client following trial. Each defendant was convicted following a four week trial. Complex banking evidence, difficult issues around meaning of forced labour, numerous vulnerable witnesses. People trafficking conspiracy and conspiracy to launder in excess of £1m. Operation Caspian: Neil was again leading junior for the prosecution. R v Kim Tran – Neil successfully prosecuted a Crown Court translator for conspiring to pervert the course of justice by assisting a defendant to falsely claim she was a child defendant. The defendant was represented by a leading QC. R v Arif Ansari – Neil was instructed by the Complex Crime Unit to prosecute the editor of the BBC’s Asian Network for allowing the name of one of the victims of the Rotherham grooming cases to be named during a live BBC broadcast. He also prosecuted a former Premier League footballer for offences of rape. In 2015, Neil successfully prosecuted the former TV weatherman, Fred Talbot, for historic child sex offences. Since then he has acted as leading junior for the CPS Complex Crime Unit in a large number of linked Rochdale grooming cases, including Operation Routh and OperationDoublet, trials 1-4. In 2012, he was junior prosecution counsel in the first Rochdale grooming case heard inLiverpool – Operation Span. Since 2012, Neil has focussed much of work on serious sexual offences and homicide cases. He also sits as a Recorder in both the Crown Court & County Court (Family). In addition to his criminal practice, he also regularly appears in the Medical Practitioners’ Tribunal, acting for the GMC in Fitness to Practice proceedings. He is a Category 4 Prosecutor and is member of the Rasso panel. Neil has a busy criminal practice, divided fairly evenly between defending andprosecuting. Neil Usher Call To The Bar: 1993 ‘ Well-prepared and always goes the extra mile to represent his clients.’ – The Legal 500, 2021 ‘Fearsome in his pursuit of his client’s best interests.’ – The Legal 500, 2018 ‘A personable barrister with a poweful intellect.’ – The Legal 500, 2017 OVERVIEW
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