Aska Fujita

• Operation Wheelstep [Central Criminal Court] 2023

  Halloween Party Murder

  Aska, led by Tony Badenoch of 6KBW, was instructed to prosecute six defendants charged with murder.

  News report here.

• Operation Uvrou [Central Criminal Court] 2023

  Fake Bomb Attack

  As led junior, Aska represented the second defendant who was charged with conspiring to place fake bombs in Gray’s Inn. Instructed by Freemans.

  News report here.

• Operation Brightley [Isleworth Crown Court] 2023

  International Cash Couriers

  Aska, led by Ben Temple, was instructed to represent one of five defendants in the first of a series of trials which alleged that a large number of couriers made / attempted to make a total of 85 flights from LHR to Dubai carrying suitcases containing over £100m in cash. Instructed by Brooklyn Law.

  News report here.

• Inquest into the death of WS [Maidstone Crown Court] 2020

  Inquest into Police Shooting

  Aska, led by Chris Sutton-Mattocks, was instructed as Counsel to the Inquest in this 5-week inquest into the death of WS who was shot by the police on 1st May 2016. Report here.

• Operation Atoll [Kingston Crown Court] 2020

  Armed Robbery

  Aska was instructed as led junior counsel to prosecute seven defendants charged with armed robbery. The defendants targeted cash-in-transit deliveries and threatened security staff with loaded firearms, crowbars and other weapons. Through extensive analysis of cell-site and vehicle tracking data, their movements following cash-in-transit vans in the days prior to the robberies as they reconnoitred the routes were revealed. Instructed by the CPS Complex Casework Division.

• Operation Augusta [Southwark Crown Court] 2019

  Violent Disorder

  Aska prosecuted 18 defendants charged with violent disorder arising from a “Free Tommy Robinson” demonstration on 9th June 2018. The investigation included over 400 witness statements and 200 hours’ worth of CCTV, BWV and police Evidence Gatherer footage. All defendants pleaded guilty. Instructed by the CPS Complex Casework Division.

  News report here. 

• Operation Towchester [Inner London Crown Court] 2019

  Conspiracy to Supply Drugs

  Aska was led by Jeffery Israel representing the third defendant in this six-handed, eight-week trial. Aska represented her client, charged with 14 counts of conspiracy to supply drugs worth over £3.5m and possession of criminal property, from the outset. The evidence consisted of +100k pages of evidence and unused material. Instructed by Sternberg Reed.

  News report here.

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