Tom Worden

Cases

Criminal Defence

R v A – 2022 (Croydon Crown Court) – A jury found A not guilty of a knifepoint robbery, a s.20 wounding with intent (by stabbing) and possession of a bladed article. Tom’s client had been identified by fingerprints left on a document handled by the robber at the scene. His defence was that he had been wrongly identified and he was unanimously acquitted by the jury.

https://www.187chambers.com/tom-wordens-client-acquitted-of-a-knifepoint-robbery-and-stabbing

R v A – 2022 (Stafford Crown Court) – Operation Scarf. Led junior in a complex multi-handed modern slavery case in which the client was acquitted of all charges following a submission of no case to answer.

R v S – 2022 (Canterbury Crown Court) – A jury found S not guilty following a multi-handed robbery trial.

R v J – 2022 (Woolwich Crown Court) – A jury found J not guilty following a trial for handling stolen goods.

R v S – 2021 (Teesside Crown Court) – Operation Spoonbill. Led junior in a multi-million-pound Class A drugs conspiracy described as one of Cleveland police’s most complex ever investigations.

R v R – 2021 (Chelmsford Crown Court) – R was found not guilty by a jury following a multi-handed trial for possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.

R v SM  [2021] EWCA Crim 1917 (Court of Appeal Criminal Division) – S’s sentence for serious sexual offences was reduced on appeal from 26 years (18 years plus 8 years extended licence) to 20 years (14 years plus 6 years extended licence). Tom was instructed after the barrister who had represented S at sentence advised there were no grounds to appeal the 26-year sentence.

R v L – 2021 (Inner London Crown Court) – a multi-handed trial for kidnap and robbery.

R v V – 2021 (Inner London Crown Court) – V was found not guilty by a jury of assaulting an emergency worker (an off-duty police inspector) and the officer’s mother.

R v H – 2021 (Snaresbrook Crown Court) – H was charged with s.18 GBH following an acid attack which caused burns to the face, arms and back. The Crown accepted a plea to violent disorder.

R v J – 2021 (Court of Appeal Criminal Division) – J was disqualified from driving for 9 years 6 months having pleaded guilty to dangerous driving at the Central Criminal Court. The period of disqualification was reduced to 4 years 6 months on appeal.

R v J – 2020 (Cambridge Crown Court) – A s.18 wounding with intent to cause GBH in which a serving prisoner was slashed in the face with a razor blade leaving a 10cm scar.

R v S – 2020 (Kingston-Upon-Thames Crown Court) – A conspiracy to rob £37,000-worth of jewellery and watches in a professionally planned commercial robbery.

R v P – 2020 (Peterborough Crown Court) – P, a serving prisoner, was charged with s.20 wounding on a prison officer after allegedly slashing the officer’s hand with a homemade knife. He was found not guilty by a jury after a trial.

R v R – 2020 (Inner London Crown Court) – Operation Cullim. The prosecution said R had a leading role in two Class A drugs conspiracies selling heroin and crack cocaine worth £1,000-a-day over a six-month period. Sentenced as Significant Role/Category 3 (5 years) following submissions.

R v B – 2020 (Harrow Crown Court) – B was accused of violent attacks on two schoolboys. The case was resolved through a trial of the issue after B, who has a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, was found unfit to plead.

R v M – 2019 (Swansea Crown Court) – Operation Regent – a £1.2m county lines Class A drugs conspiracy.

R v D – 2019 (Southwark Crown Court) – D was found not guilty by a jury of assaulting an emergency worker (a police officer) who arrested him during a protest outside the Houses of Parliament at Westminster.

R v A – 2019 (St Albans Crown Court) – A was found not guilty by a jury following a trial for assaulting an emergency worker (a police officer) and criminal damage.

R v L – 2019 (Lewes Crown Court) – A jury found L not guilty of possession with intent to supply Class A and Class B drugs after a trial.

R v S – 2019 (Northampton Crown Court) – Successful submission of no case to answer on one count of attempted burglary and another count of burglary. The jury found S not guilty on another count of burglary after trial.

Criminal Prosecution

MC v CPS [2022] EWHC 1466 (Admin)

Tom successfully resisted an appeal by way of case stated at the High Court. He was instructed by the CPS Appeals and Review Unit to respond to an appeal from the Crown Court. The issue was whether the Crown Court had been wrong to find an offence was racially aggravated within the meaning of section 28 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

https://www.187chambers.com/tom-worden-successfully-resists-an-appeal-by-way-of-case-stated-at-the-high-court