Charge: Strangulation and Assault

Solicitor/Caseworker: Katerina Iwai

Advocate: Shanice Mahmud (3TG Barristers)

Court: Central Criminal Court (Nightingale Court)

Outcome: Acquittal

During a domestic related incident, the defendant was fearful for another’s safety and denied the prosecution case. The case involved a father, charged with intentional strangulation and battery, of his daughter. The jury returned a unanimous not guilty verdict on both counts after a 7 day trial including cross examination of his two daughters and his mother.