This defendant faced one count of rape. The complainant’s account was that she was very drunk and believed at the time she was having sexual intercourse with her husband. Her husband had been asleep next to her. The defendant maintained that the sexual intercourse was consensual. The defendant was acquitted after a trial.

The defendant was charged with two counts of rape against a female he had met one evening who was under the age of 16 years. The Defendant was successfully acquitted following a trial where he claimed that the act was consensual.

ABV represented an Army recruiting sergeant charged with number of historic rapes and sexual offence solicitor upon would be recruits. Case attracted national media coverage.

ABV were instructed for a client facing allegations of rape and sexual assault upon family members. The case is currently ongoing with reporting restrictions in place.

Representing client in a multi handed 6 week trial case involving foreign nationals accused of trafficking and raping prostitutes in and around the United Kingdom. Case received a large amount of media coverage.

This defendant, although, due to be tried alone, had been arrested as part of Operation Hudson which investigated the facilitation of young women from Nigeria for prostitution.    

ABV represented an Army recruiting sergeant charged with number of historic rapes and sexual offence solicitor upon would be recruits from the commonwealth. The case attracted national media coverage.

This multi-handed case involves a prosecution against a number of Romanian males who are allegedly responsible for trafficking a number of women from Romanian into the U.K for sexual exploitation.