Frederick Hookway

• R v Youth Isleworth Crown Court 2023

  Prosecution of attempted murder following the stabbing of a 13 year schoolboy

  Led by Frederick Hookway, Phoebe prosecuted a youth for stabbing another schoolboy 17 times on his way to school. The defendant was ultimately convicted of attempted murder, having pleaded guilty to a s.18 offence and then attempted to vacate this plea.

• R v A Youth [Liverpool Crown Court] 2022

  Prosecution of 14 year old boy for murder of 12 year old girl in Liverpool City Centre

  Charlotte Newell QC and Frederick Hookway successfully prosecuted one of Britain’s youngest murderers for the fatal stabbing of a 12 year old girl stabbed to death in Liverpool City Centre.

  Ava White: Boy who killed girl, 12, in Snapchat row gets life - BBC News

• Inquest into the death of SMV 2020

  Inquest for NHS Trust

  Acted for an NHS Trust who provided community mental health treatment to a patient who subsequently died by suicide after taking an overdose of her medication. This was a jury inquest.  

• R v W & Others [Norwich] 2020

  VAT Evasion

  Acting for the prosecution (to be lead by a silk) in a complex VAT evasion case arising from the activities of a used car business. 

• R v T & Others [Wood Green] 2020

  Conspiracy to Import Class A Drugs

  Led junior for the prosecution in a case alleging a large conspiracy to import class A drugs and launder the subsequent proceeds of sale.

• R v M&F [Kingston] 2020

  VAT Evasion

  Led junior for the prosecution in a VAT evasion case arising from the running of various nightclubs in the South East. Loss to the Revenue alleged to be over £500,000.

• R v L&A [Kingston] 2020

  Ponzi Scheme

  Led junior for the first defendant in an alleged high value Ponzi scheme fraud.

• R v D & Others [Southwark] 2020

  Multi-Handed Theft Conspiracy

  Led junior for the first defendant in a multi-handed conspiracy to rob high value watches and arrange for their onward sale.

• R v N Operation Arnold [Maidstone] 2020

  Duty Evasion

  Junior alone for the prosecution in a case of duty evasion worth over £230,000.

• R-v-R & Others [Maidstone Crown Court] 2019

  Conspiracy to Launder Criminal Property

  Led junior for the Crown in a large conspiracy to launder criminal property via warehouses in Kent that received vast quantities of goods obtained through European distribution frauds. The value of the goods laundered by these defendants was over £1.8million.

• R-v-M & G [Harrow Crown Court] 2019

  Money Laundering

  Junior alone for the first defendant who ran a money service bureau accused of laundering over £100,000 of criminal property. 

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