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Who? Jenny Wiltshire, head of serious and general crime, Hickman & Rose, London.
Why is she in the news? Represented Courtney Harriot, Paul Green and Cleveland Davidson, who were convicted nearly 50 years ago of attempting to rob a British Transport Police (BTP) officer. The Court of Appeal overturned their convictions this month.
Thoughts on the case: ‘My clients were young men when they were convicted on the word of corrupt police officer DS Derek Ridgewell. They are now in their late-60s. The extraordinary, near-50-year delay in achieving justice is particularly shocking when you consider that concerns about Ridgewell were raised as early as 1973, when he featured in a BBC Nationwide programme Cause for Concern. During the 1970s there were repeated calls for the Home Office to investigate his activities but the BTP simply moved Ridgewell sideways to a unit investigating mailbag theft. Even after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal mailbags in 1980 and was sentenced to sev
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Serco tagging trial falls through after SFO declines to offer evidence Serco tagging trial falls through after SFO declines to offer evidence
Two former Serco executives have been cleared of defrauding the Ministry of Justice after the SFO declined to offer evidence.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) brought claims against Nicholas Woods and Simon Marshall, who were accused of “defrauding the taxpayer” by concealing £12m in profits related to an electronic tagging contract for offenders.
Today a court dismissed the SFO’s plea to adjourn the hearing after it uncovered errors made with disclosures it had made in the case.
By Michael Cross2021-04-26T13:46:00+01:00
The high-profile prosecution of two former directors of outsourcing giant Serco collapsed today when a judge at Southwark Crown Court directed a jury to acquit following admissions of disclosure failings by the Serious Fraud Office. Nicholas Wood and Simon Marshall had been
accused of defrauding the government out of £12m by understating the profitability of Serco s prisoner-tagging contract. The matter was the subject of
In a statement, the SFO said that a prosecution review of its disclosure process uncovered errors made in the non-disclosure of certain materials . Mrs Justice Tipples rejected a request for an adjournment to remedy the position so that it could pursue a retrial, saying this was not in the public interest. The judge also pointed to what she called real concerns in relation to the nature of the prosecution case .