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Acquittal: Modern Slavery
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21 Feb 2022

Our Mel Kelemework has successfully obtained an acquittal for our client charged with county lines conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. We ran a defence under s45 of the Modern Slavery Act, submitting that our client was a victim of exploitation and by calling expert evidence. Unanimous not guilty verdicts for our client after only 1 hour of deliberation. Peta-Louise Bagott from Doughty Street instructed as Counsel.

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Acquittal: Duty Evasion