海角破解版 Criminal Barristers secure multiple life sentences in multi-handed murder trial
22nd November 2018
Following a 6 week trial at Portsmouth Crown Court, 3 defendants were convicted of the murder of Richard Hardy on 26 January 2018 and have been sentenced to life with minimum terms of 29, 28 and 27 years respectively. A 4th聽Defendant was sentenced to 8 years for manslaughter.
In passing sentence Mrs Justice Cheema-Grub DBE referred to the offences as 鈥渂rutal鈥�, noting that the Defendants had murdered a man in less than 30 seconds in a pre-meditated revenge attack in Farnborough earlier this year. The lead Defendants, involved in selling class A drugs, ambushed the victim over an alleged debt.
Nigel Lickley QC prosecuted the case, leading Tom Horder.
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