Sexual Offences

Richardson Lissack will only accept pre-charge and post-charge instructions in relation to allegations of a sexual nature on a privately funded basis.

Our lawyers have been involved in some recent successes in respect of pre-charge investigations and court proceedings:

• South Yorkshire Police v R Professional football coach accused of rape. After extensive enquiries were made into the credibility of the allegation made, written representations were submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service which resulted in no further action being taken.
• Greater Manchester Police v M & Others Four professional sportsmen accused of sexual assault. No further action taken against all four of our clients after written representations were submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service in the weeks following the police interviews. Our team had undertaken significant pre-charge investigations; the results of which undermined the allegation made by the complainant. No further action taken against our client.
• Greater Manchester Police v W Government employee accused of rape. Our team were instructed post-interview. Written representations were submitted to the CPS after uncovering comments made on social media undermined the allegation made by the complainant. No further action taken against our client.
• R v W Computer engineer charged with sexual assault. After persistent disclosure requests to the Crown Prosecution Service, our team managed to identify and establish several failings from the investigatory stage. As a result, no evidence was offered against our client on the first day of trial.
• R v T Company director charged with rape. A detailed Defence Statement was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service containing several disclosure requests. The material uncovered as a result of those disclosure requests resulted in the CPS offering no evidence against our client.