Stuart Shears was charged kidnapping, false imprisonment, blackmail, assault and preventing the course of justice but was acquitted after the jury could not agree on verdicts and the prosecution decided not to see a retrial.
Nigel Power KC Appears in Jogee Test Cases
On the 29th and 30th June 2016 the Court of Appeal heard a second tranche of "Post-Jogee" murder conviction appeals. Nigel Power KC represented John Hore and led the submissions for those who needed exceptional leave to appeal out of time. Judgment was reserved.
Dramatic Acquittal for Jason Buckley
Success in the Vincent Waddington Trial
Kandyce Downer convicted of Murder
Nigel Power QC, leading Lianne Birkett, was successful in the prosecution for murder of Kandyce Downer, who was special guardian to but killed 18-month-old Keegan Downer.