Ian McMeekin

Notable crime cases

R v Winston Brown

Leading case on disclosure (House of Lords). Pre-CPIA but still cited.

R v Hadley & Others

Appeal of Hadley (as in ‘R v H & C’ leading case on disclosure) in which defendant was acquitted on appeal based on non-disclosure; reported case.

R v Monczakowsk

One of the first DNA cases. Serving police officer accused of assault.

R v Lockyer & Others (Operation Bullhead)

Lengthy drugs case involving examination of senior police officers on the admissibility of covert recordings.

R v Deaffern

Large scale drugs importation trial involving supergrass.

Notable fraud cases

R v McCabe & Others (Operation Decathlon)

Complex mortgage fraud based in North-West of England.

Notable murder & manslaughter cases

R v Towey

Manchester murder tried at Central Criminal Court (defendant acquitted).

R v McAteer & Another

Hitman murder tried in Liverpool: one of first cases involving cell-site analysis. Supergrass case (acquitted on submission of no case).

R v Taylor

Prosecution of a man who stabbed a woman to death after she had complained to police, leading to a large-scale police enquiry.

R v Simmonds & Others

Gangland assassination: defendant said to be part of shooting party. Super-grass case. Defendant acquitted.

R v Ruthven & Others

Gangland murder leading to acquittal based on cell-site analysis.

R v Matthews, Morris & Others

Gangland killing. Unique arrangements for trial of defendants running cut-throat defences.

R v Amos & Others (Operation Viola)

One of the largest ever gangland operations (involving series of murders) in North-West aimed at wiping out well-known Manchester gang.

R v Concannon

Reported murder trial and appeal based on joint enterprise and compatibility with Article 6 HRA.

R v Taylor

Reported case on death by dangerous driving.

R v Sharpe

Murder.