Case Studies
April 2011 - Operation Singapore – Croydon Crown Court
Sean Sexton and David Parkinson successfully represented a businessman who had been accused of conspiracy to flood the UK market with fake pharmaceuticals which had been counterfeited in China in a multi-million pound scam. He was cleared of all charges following a four and a half month trial The Prosecution maintained that “this case represented the most serious breach of the medicine control regime that has happened in the EU”. One of the Defendants, Peter Gillespie aged 65, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment.
December 2010 - Operation Compost – Liverpool Crown Court
Sean Sexton and Gillian Kelly successfully represented a Northern Ireland businessman charged with conspiracy to evade excise duty on rebated fuel (red diesel) with a loss to the revenue in excess of five million pounds. All charges against our client were dropped following a 3 month trial. A number of other defendants (not represented by MSB) received lengthy custodial sentences. Sean Sexton has represented Defendants in many multi-million diesel frauds in recent years including Operation Joyless, Operation Savannah and Operation Escapes.
December 2010 - Regina –v- BV- Shrewsbury Crown Court
Sean Sexton and Paul Gallagher were successful in limiting to £354,000 (which was the amount of the restrained funds) a confiscation order where a sum in excess of £4.5 million had originally been sought by the prosecution. They also assisted the parents of our client to receive more than £100,000 out of those restrained funds which were monies which they had lent to their son (which the prosecution contested)..
July 2010 - Regina –v- “The Person formerly known as Jon Venables”
Sean Sexton made representations on behalf of the mother of James Bulger in relation to the worldwide injunction prohibiting publication of the new name of one of the killers of her son. Sean has represented Denise Fergus (formerly Denise Bulger) since February 1993 in proceedings both in the UK and the European Court of Human Rights.
January 2010 - Operation Genarch – Liverpool Crown Court
Sean Sexton and Gillian Kelly successfully represented a mother of two charged with 32 other defendants in a series of linked conspiracies to defraud. The conspiracies related to Britain’s biggest ‘crash for cash’ insurance fraud. The fraud involved ‘staged’ road traffic accidents, where cars were packed with passengers who would then pose as injured victims claiming thousands of pounds in personal injury from insurance companies. She was cleared of all charges following a seven week trial. Out of the 33 defendants, only five were acquitted. The ring leader of the scam, Darren Duvall, was sentenced to three years imprisonment.
