Criminal
Holly has been a criminal practitioner since 2008, first as a solicitor, then since 2013 as a barrister. She has experience acting for both the prosecution and defence in conducting trials, pre-trial and preparation hearings, sentences and newton hearings. She has acted in a range of matters including:
- Violent offences, from common assault to murder
- Dishonesty offences from shoplifting to armed robbery
- Fraud offences including revenue fraud
- Drug offences
- Sexual offences
- Public Order offences
- Environmental offences
- Proceeds of Crime Applications and Confiscation Enforcement Proceedings
- Local Authority Prosecutions
- VOSA Prosecutions
An effective advocate, skilled in cross examination, Holly is a Category 1 Prosecutor.
She has also advised clients regarding appeal against conviction and sentence, and appeared at the Court of Appeal.
Criminal Cases
R v R and others – £10 million buy-to-let fraud trial. Part of a wider investigation into organised crime in Tameside.
R v CC – Leeds Crown Court. Defended man accused of sexual activity with a child. Acquitted after trial.
R v B – secured a successful result for her client in a contested confiscation case. Following a conviction for fraud in a multi-handed case, Holly was successful in contesting the £21 million figure on behalf of her client. After a seven day hearing, the client was found to have no hidden assets, a benefit figure of £9.8 million and an available amount of £204,000 which had already been paid.
R v D – secured a not guilty verdict for her client, a 33 year old Romanian female in a sex trafficking case. After a month long trial, the defendant was acquitted of running prostitutes.
R v W – represented a male charged with two counts of evasion of payment of excise duty on tobacco worth over £95,000.
R v B – represented a male charged with possession with intent to supply and production of cannabis.
R v S – represented a male and his company charged with offences against the environment agency.
R v B – represented (as junior) a male who was charged with murder, defence being one of diminished responsibility due to acute alcohol syndrome.
R v P – represented a male charged with affray and possession of an offensive weapon.
R v W – represented a female charged with burglary of a dwelling.
R v P – prosecuted a male charged with affray and possession of a bladed article.
R v N – defence of breach of restraining order, reasonable excuse put forward due to Battered Woman Syndrome.