Matt Ward

Cases

Criminal Defence

R v JB @ Ipswich Magistrates’ Court

Vulnerable 21 year-old man residing at a YMCA and already the subject of a suspended sentence order acquitted of causing criminal damage and assaulting his former partner. Careful cross-examination of the complainant and her new partner exposed fatal inconsistencies in the prosecution case.

R v ST @ Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court 

Matt’s client was acquitted after trial of assaulting an emergency worker (police constable). Officers attended the address of the defendant’s mother to arrest the defendant, following an allegation made that he had assaulted her. It was claimed that as he was then being arrested outside the address the defendant had deliberately bent an officer’s wrist back and trapped his ankle.

R v TB – City of London Magistrates’ Court

Man of good character acquitted of assault emergency worker (police constable) outside Stamford Bridge despite non-attendance of key defence witness and the eyewitness testimony of a Chief Inspector.

R v KS & Others – Romford Magistrates’ Court

19-year-old acquitted of assault emergency worker (police officer) upon a successful submission of no case to answer, despite having been convicted of the same offence only months earlier.

R v RN – Bexley Magistrates’ Court

Client acquitted of driving without insurance and driving without a valid test certificate. Matt successfully ran the defence of mistaken identity.

R v OM – Telford Magistrates’ Court

Matt secured a conditional discharge for a young man with serious mental health issues who pleaded to possession of cannabis.

R v MI – Folkestone Magistrates’ Court

Secured bail for 21-year-old client who pleaded to two charges of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs as part of a wider ‘County Lines’ network.

R v MP – Bromley Magistrates’ Court

Secured bail for vulnerable autistic client accused of stalking a 17-year-old girl and thereby also breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Prosecution

R v IA – Aylesbury Crown Court

Prosecuted a ‘superfan’ stalker of well-known pop singer Jamiroquai for a serious breach of a restraining order previously imposed. The convicted defendant was sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment.

R v AA – Kingston Crown Court

Successfully opposed the appeal of an individual convicted of failing to provide driver details.