Case: Drive By Shooting Case Withdrawn.
Our client was charged after he police claimed that he got into a fight with a group of persons at a nightclub and then later on the same day drove by the house of those persons and fired shots from a handgun. An occupant in the house fired shots back.
Charges/ Ch1 (Discharge A Firearm With Reckless Disregard Of Others)
Result/ Withdrawn During Trial
The police case was highly circumstantial relying on phone tower connections and locations, and that our client owned a similar car at the time (registration plates not visible in CCTV footage).
During the trial at the County Court, our lawyers came upon information that the person allegedly targeted by our client had on two further occasions been shot at.
The prosecution are under an ongoing duty of disclosure of any information helpful to our client. Our lawyers requested all documents relating to the other shootings. The trial was aborted with a new trial set. In the intervening period it was negotiated with the prosecution to discontinue the charge based on the new information our lawyers uncovered.