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Martin has been engaged as a Criminal Defence solicitor for over 20 years, and has been involved in a large number of high profile cases throughout his career, especially prosecutions brought by the Serious Fraud Office, Revenue and Customs, FSA and DTI investigations, Police investigations, and Money laundering and Extradition proceedings.
He also undertakes Civil recovery work where restraint proceedings are brought by SOCA.
In 2005 Martin was appointed to sit on the "Very High Cost Cases Appeals Committee" to hear appeals from the decisions of Contract Managers, who regulate the work undertaken by solicitors and barristers in the largest criminal cases cases.
Notable cases:
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Represented the bare knuckle boxer, author of the Guvnor and inspiration for the film Lock Stoke and Two Smoking Barrels during his trial for murder in 1992 at the Central Criminal Court.
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Only war criminal to be tried in the UK. Alleged murder of 2000 Jews in Belorusse (former USSR) during WWII.
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$375 million dollar bond fraud.
R -v- P
Chohan family murders.
R -v- W
Tax fraud.
R -v- M
Multi tonne cannabis importation.
Confiscation proceedings and successful appeal.
R -v- T
Kidnap - prosecution sought to prove offence solely from reluctant victim resgestae comment.
R -v- T
Legal definition of airgun and adaptation in firearms legislation.
R -v- A
Importation of 100 kilograms of heroin and 100 kilograms of cannabis.
R -v- C
Conspiracy re: armed robbery of £1 million plus of bank note paper.
R -v- A
Historic fraud by insolvency practitioner
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Murder steroid psychosis defence established
R-v- W
Conspiracy to traffic £400 million of cocaine (RIPA, CIDA, Intercept Issues) involved 400 plus CD's of English probe product and 17,000 plus Columbian telephone intercepts.
In the matter of X
Advised in respect of UK attempts to prosecute Rwanda genocide.
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Honour killing.
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Babes in the Wood murder.
R -v- H
£6 million Security Express robbery.
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Handling Brinks Matt robbery.
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