Jon Ross
This is a real case study by one of our lawyers. The person who is in charge of this area in the firm is Jon Ross. Jon is a Senior Associate at Doogue + George, bringing over 20 years of exclusive criminal defence practice from one of London's largest criminal defence firms. His practice covers serious and complex matters including large-scale fraud, violent crime, serious sexual offences, and gang-related cases across Magistrates' and Crown Courts.
View full profile →This is a case study on a bail application for drug offences.
What is alleged to have occured?
Our client had been charged with trafficking just under two kilograms of GHB and had been remanded. This is just under the commercial quantity which meant that his matter would have been in the committal stream and would have ended up in the County Court. Our client’s situation was made more difficult because he was also on a Community Corrections Order at the time.
What happened at court?
The client wanted to apply for bail and we acted on his behalf at the Sunshine Magistrates’ Court. The charges he was accused of were:
We cross-examined the arresting police officer. He was able to establish difficulties in the police case, namely that the client may not have known that GHB was in the car involved.
What was the result?
His Honour granted bail to the client.
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