Supply of multiple kilos of class A drugs. The client was acquitted of drugs supply following a defence of duress....
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Conspiracy to supply firearms In 2020 the Metropolitan police service mounted a proactive operation codenamed operation Coronus in order to disrupt the supply of illegal handguns into the hands of those involved in criminal activity. This was following the...
Pan represented S who was accused of raping his cousin. S instructed that the sexual intercourse that had taken place was consensual. S was found Not Guilty after a jury trial at Isleworth Crown Court (July 2021)....
Torture & Murder of Love Rival Pan Symeou, together with Jonathan Higgs QC successfully defended their client in this 8 week murder trial involving the kidnap, torture and killing of an alleged love rival. BBC report here. ...
Pan Symeou, together with Jonathan Higgs QC and Michael Goold of counsel successfully secured an acquittal of the Defendant acquittal for joint enterprise murder at Wawick Crown Court. The Defendant was alleged by the prosecution to have participated in a...
Pan Symeou, together with Catherine Oborne of counsel successfully secured an acquittal of the Defendant following his trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court for possession of a firearm and possession of a knife in a public place. The Defendant was arrested with...
R V S - Robbery - Not Guilty Pan Symeou represented Mr S in this historical case where DNA match resulted in the client being charged. Following trial at Isleworth Crown Court, the client was acquitted. Counsel was Charlotte Godber from QEB...
Mr Sanjeev Shivalkar, together with counsel Mr Ali Bajwa QC and Mr Jonathan Akinsanya, successfully represented this defendant on an Unlawful Act Manslaughter charge, whereby the victim was killed as a result of falling onto a knife contained...
Mr Sanjeev Shivalkar represented the defendant at Plumstead Police Station following his arrest and detention at a bus stop near to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, whilst dressed in full army attire, the defendant having earlier produced a short...
Pan Symeou, together with counsel, A Power secured the unanimous acquittal of DF following his trial at Harrow Crown Court for the following 5 counts, namely possessing a prohibited firearm, possessing ammunition without a certificate, possessing a firearm...
Successfully opposed the detention of cash seized following a fully contested hearing...
Indecent exposure – Not Guilty...
Multi handed conspiracy to defraud over £1 million – Not Guilty...
Supply class A drugs – Not Guilty...
Multi handed murder case – Not Guilty...
Confiscation proceedings arising out of a drugs conspiracy which included alleged hidden assets in Iran. After a five day contested hearing, the Judge ruled that there were no hidden assets. ...
Confiscation proceedings arising out of a conspiracy to traffic into the UK and conspiracy to control prostitution; one of the largest cases of its type ever prosecuted by CPS London....
Confiscation proceedings arising out of a conspiracy to import firearms into the UK. This was the largest-ever weapons seizure on the UK mainland....
Defendant charged with producing cannabis and unauthorised use of electricity. After substantial representations from the Defence, the proceedings were discontinued on the basis that the defendant had been a victim of human trafficking....
A leading UK case in the Supreme Court regarding whether in confiscation proceedings jurisdiction was lost when there had been excessive delay in the Crown Court....
Currently representing client charged conspire to steal & 18 further counts of theft – case ongoing....
ongoing case where client has been charged with throwing ammonia over victim – case ongoing....
Currently representing defendant charged Attempted Murder & Perverting Course of Justice- Case ongoing....
Represented defendant charged with Supply of Class A ...
Successfully acquitted of kidnap and assault charges....
charged with concealing/disguising/converting/removing criminal property. https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/local-news/drugs-kingpin-lived-life-bling-324278 ...
Snaresbrook Crown Court –Defendant charged with conspiracy to transfer a prohibited weapon and possession of a prohibited weapon with intent to endanger in life. http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/gang-members-jailed-possessing-machine-gun ...
A very complex extradition case representing a defendant wanted for murder in Ghana. The defence were assisted in the case by the Death Penalty Project and Reprieve. The High Court ruled that the defendant should not be extradited. They stated that the...
Represented the defendant in extradition proceedings against the Greek Government. The defendant was a former Judge in Greece who was wanted on charges of bribery and corruption. The extradition was challenged on the basis...
Secured the unanimous acquittal of the defendant on two counts of attempted murder, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, & possession of a firearm. The Prosecution’s case was that the shooting, which was captured on CCTV, was the...
Conspiracy to commit robbery offences on cash in transit vans and jewellers. This included an offence in Preston where a London-based group of robbers targeted a jewelers and took over £250,000 worth of items. The defendant had very damaging previous...
A death by dangerous driving case in which the defendant was originally sentenced to four years and nine months. This was later successfully appealed and became a reported case regarding the need for courts to take into account the effect of a prison...
A substantial, multi-handed, £149 million MTIC fraud (one of the largest of its kind). The defendants imported mobile phones VAT-free from other EU countries and sold them on to their UK customers inclusive of VAT. They then kept the VAT instead...
A multi-handed and highly complicated £6million fraud prosecuted by HMRC. The defendants ran a number of companies offering accountancy services for Eastern European workers. They then submitted false self-assessment tax returns for both fictitious...
A multi-handed and international money laundering fraud of £137 million. Multiple bureau-de-changes were used over a period of years to exchange and order vast amounts of currency which were exchanged between them. The conspiracy was so sophisticated...
A substantial class A drugs trafficking case which had involved months of surveillance by the Police and the use of encrypted mobile phones by the defendants....
This was a very high-profile case representing two defendants; one of whom was the owner and director of one of the country’s largest security firms and the second was Britain’s strongest man. They were charged as part of a major drugs...
A m ulti-handed conspiracy to import and supply of cocaine from the continent to the UK. The drugs were hidden in a specially adapted helicopter. Several defendants had used highly encrypted mobile phones to try to prevent detection. The defendant was...
This was a multi-handed case concerning an international drug dealing conspiracy with multiple kilos of Class A drugs being imported to the UK and the cash proceeds subsequently laundered through multiple bureau-de-changes. Many of the accused were Albanian....
A six-handed conspiracy investigated by SOCA. It was alleged that the defendants, some of whom were serving prisoners, conspired to import up to five tonnes of cocaine from South America to the United Kingdom. The trial lasted six months and involved...
Murder trial in which the victim (a father of six) was killed as a result of mistaken identity. One of the defendants had been attacked in his home by a neighbour. He decided to taken revenge and so he and his three brothers smashed their way into the flat...
Pan Symeou successfully represented MR Y who was acquitted of murder following an 8 week murder trial. The victim had been going out with a woman who had intended to divorce her husband to make a new life with him. The husband, with the help of friends,...
A t riple shooting at the home of twin brothers. The case involved very complex issues on the law on identification because that two of the defendants were twins, as were two of the victims. The High Court, on an application by the defence, ruled out the...
Murder trial of a vulnerable defendant. The defendant, who was 18 at the time of the offence, met an older woman in a pub and took her home for sex. He then stabbed her 20 times. Part of the incident and the aftermath was heard by the defendant’s...
A seven handed murder case in which the murder was a revenge attack by the defendants for the murder of their friend. The offence was carried out by pouring petrol through the front door of a house and then setting it alight. The defendants targeted the...
A t welve week murder trial regarding a gangland shooting between two North London gangs. There was substantial legal argument on gang related evidence together with a cut-throat regarding the identity of the shooter. The case also involved the...
Represented the respondent mother throughout care proceedings where the baby was found to have a number of fractures caused at different times. At the fact finding hearing the court concluded that the father caused all of the injuries, that the mother was...
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