Criminal Barrister Thomas Acworth represents Asperger sufferer in Bournemouth Crown Court
19th January 2018
海角破解版 Criminal barrister Thomas Acworth represented a defendant with a long history of mental instability, who threatened his father with a knife at the family home, caused over 拢25,000 worth of damage to his father鈥檚 property and threatened to carry out an acid attack on a friend鈥檚 sister.
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