Mark Dacey

• R v. Oshodi & ors [Southwark] 2015

  £1m International Banking Fraud

  Mark Dacey defended in this long running Southwark fraud trial. Instructed by Thomas Boyd Whyte.

• Inquest into the Death of Callum Osborne 2014

  Inquest of groundworker buried alive when a trench collapsed

  Mark Dacey acted as Counsel to the Inquiry at the Inquest into the death of Callum Osborne whom died on his second day working on a building site in Kent when he was buried alive after a "trench" collapse. The cause of death was heart failure.

  BBC News report here.

• Inquest into the Death of Terrence Wooten 2014

  Stabbing of Pensioner by Schizophrenic son

  Christopher Sutton-Mattocks acted as Counsel to the Inquiry and Mark Dacey represented the famly at this 2 week Inquest into the Death of Terrence Wooton who died by stabbing by his schizophrenic son.

  News report here. 

• R v. Oakley & ors [Birmingham] 2014

  £34m V.A.T Fraud

  Mark Dacey defended in this large scale V.A.T fraud. Instructed by Goldkorns.

• R v. Bates & ors [Maidstone] 2014

  £2m "Ponzi Scheme" Fraud

  Mark Dacey defended, a complex and large scale, Ponzi scheme fraud. Instructed by Berry & Lamberts.

• R v. B & ors [Maidstone] 2014

  Revenge Killing

  Mark Dacey led by Ian Glen QC defended one of 4 in a brutal revenge attack in Kent. The victims body was found on the beach in Sheerness having been beaten to death for an alleged sexual assault upon one of the defendants girlfriends.

• R v. F & ors [Canterbury] 2013

  Conspiracy to assist Unlawful Immigration

  Mark Dacey led Senghin Kong defending an accounts manager at a security company. The defendant was charged with two counts of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration. The allegation was that the company was receiving refugee passports unlawfully issued by a corrupt Home Office official. The defendant was acquitted of one of the counts at the close of the prosecution case following a successful submission of no case to answer, and acquitted of the other by the jury after a 3 month trial. Instructed by Thomas Boyd Whyte Solicitors.

• R v. Cleland & 6 ors [Ipswich] 2012

  £3.3m Evasion of Duty

  Mark Dacey defended in this lengthy trial of 7 men for the evasion of import duties on over 20 million smuggled cigarettes. Instructed by Thomas Boyd Whyte.

• R v. JK & ors [Reading] 2009

  Conspiracy to supply drugs

  Mark Dacey led Valeria Swift for the defence in this complex Conspiracy to supply drugs. They represented the only defendant to be found not guilty after a 3 month trial – successful result contingent on careful analysis of telephone evidence and extensive intrusive surveillance authorised under RIPA. Instructed by Dhanju Mclean.

Notable Cases

• R v ABCD (Joint Enterprise) [2010] 2 Cr.App.R 32 2010

  Murder

  Mark Dacey, led by Ian Glen QC appeared in this reported case on joint enterprise murder - R v ABCD (Joint Enterprise) [2010] 2 Cr.App.R 32

• R v Ramchurn (Diminished responsibility) [2010] 2 Cr.App.R.3 2010

  Murder - Diminished Responsibilty

  Mark Dacey was led by Ian Glen QC in this reported case regarding Diminished Responsibilty in a murder trial.