Sexual Offences Defence Lawyer Bristol

“Sutton Defence Lawyers. To my utter shock, I was contacted by the Police and asked if I could help with their enquiries over an accusation involving historic sex offences against some infant girls. Despite my protests that I had only met the girls in question, perhaps no more than a handful of occasions in the company of their mother, with whom I had a short-lived relationship of about three months, I was not believed. The more I protested my innocence, the more guilty I appeared to be. Even the language used to describe the exchange is couched in the pejorative “he denied,” etc. My accusers, Women now in their 40s, articulate and with professional jobs, made compelling witnesses. I had been a Scoutmaster, and I was a priest and had been the local Vicar – both occupations constantly in the news over child abuse! With Stuart’s knowledge of the law and, more importantly, his knowledge of the methods of the Police Investigators and the CPS made the difference. It seemed to me that the Police and CPS are only interested in gaining a conviction rather than establishing the truth. If required, the prosecution must forward all the information gathered by them, whether they intend to use it or not – vital evidence can be contained within the unused material – it’s obvious, if the material goes against the allegations, it’s ignored! Because of the delay in forwarding such information, Stuart obtained a postponement of the trial, which gave me a vital nine months in which I was able to trace a crucial witness – my secretary from that period. Stuart continually badgered the prosecution to forward all the material they had. It seemed like there was a reluctance to forward the material. Not a stone was left unturned, and the ‘unused’ material provided important evidence which the defence team were able to use. I was declared ‘not guilty’ on all eight counts; the alternative would have been a prison sentence of 15 or more years, and at 73, I would not have seen the light of day, and it would have invalidated all of my life’s work. Without a doubt, Stuart and his team assisted in preventing a miscarriage of justice.“