SARAH J BOOTH

Call 1999     Gray’s Inn

Crime


LLB (Huddersfield)

sjbooth@deanscourt.co.uk 

Education

Canon Slade School
Huddersfield University (LLB Law)

Areas of Practice


An experienced advocate having conducted trials in the following areas:

A Category 3 CPS advocate.

 

Professional Associations

Criminal Bar Association
Northern Circuit
South Eastern Circuit

 

Significant Recent Cases

R v Christopher O'Hara - Murder of an elderly male by a 16 year old boy.

R v Forbes and Others - Multi-handed homicide

R v Tasker and others - People trafficking and money-laundering. Major multi-handed trial

R v Trevor Wells - Multiple offences of rape and indecent assault on 11 year old step-daughter

R v Major Brian Street - High-level benefit fraud, featured in a BBC documentary. 

R v Sammons and others - Conspiracy to rob merchandise to the value of nearly £1m

R v Wayne Maycock - "Baby -shaking" of 6 week old son. Catastrophic injuries

R v Bennett and others - Football violence, Bolton Wanderers / Manchester United. 10 handed trial, section 18 and violent disorder

R v Daniella Kelly - Successful appeal to Court of Appeal. Wrongful application of tariff for mobile phone theft in handbag snatch

R v Davika Byro and Wendy Sewell - Central Criminal Court. Multiple counts of administering noxious substances and unlawful imprisonment. Victims patients in nursing home run by defendants