Torture & Murder of Love Rival Pan Symeou, together with Jonathan Higgs QC successfully defended their client in this 8 week murder trial involving the kidnap, torture and killing of an alleged love rival. BBC report here. ...
Murder
R V S - Robbery - Not Guilty Pan Symeou represented Mr S in this historical case where DNA match resulted in the client being charged. Following trial at Isleworth Crown Court, the client was acquitted. Counsel was Charlotte Godber from QEB...
Murder trial in which the victim (a father of six) was killed as a result of mistaken identity. One of the defendants had been attacked in his home by a neighbour. He decided to taken revenge and so he and his three brothers smashed their way into the flat...
Pan Symeou successfully represented MR Y who was acquitted of murder following an 8 week murder trial. The victim had been going out with a woman who had intended to divorce her husband to make a new life with him. The husband, with the help of friends,...
A t riple shooting at the home of twin brothers. The case involved very complex issues on the law on identification because that two of the defendants were twins, as were two of the victims. The High Court, on an application by the defence, ruled out the...
Murder trial of a vulnerable defendant. The defendant, who was 18 at the time of the offence, met an older woman in a pub and took her home for sex. He then stabbed her 20 times. Part of the incident and the aftermath was heard by the defendant’s...
A seven handed murder case in which the murder was a revenge attack by the defendants for the murder of their friend. The offence was carried out by pouring petrol through the front door of a house and then setting it alight. The defendants targeted the...
A t welve week murder trial regarding a gangland shooting between two North London gangs. There was substantial legal argument on gang related evidence together with a cut-throat regarding the identity of the shooter. The case also involved the...