Francisca da Costa

Call 2006
Email francisca.dacosta@3pb.co.uk
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Crime

In her criminal practice, Francisca deals with a wide range of offences including: drug supply, smuggling and cultivation; violence; rape and sexual assaults upon adults and minors; kidnap and false imprisonment; fraud and deception; and road traffic matters.

Also have lectured on  ‘ASBOs and Ancillary Civil Orders’

Notable Cases

R v Alcantara
Representation of a Brazilian ‘flasher’ who was acquitted on a technical mens rea defence.

R v Carroll
Acted for a schizophrenic Defendant the Daily Mail dubbed ‘The Goldilocks Burglar’.

R v Chisanga
Acted for the Appellant in an appeal against sentence. The Court of Appeal quashed a life sentence for rape and replaced it with 10 years determinate.

R v Gibbon & others
Junior in a 9 handed conspiracy to supply cocaine. The prosecution was brought following the recording of 150 hours of audio surveillance material. The evidence raised PII difficulties.

R v Graham
Acquittal of a self confessed stalker on a ‘reasonable in all circumstances’ defence.

R v Jelley & Nunn
Junior in a £3 million ‘ponzi scheme’ conspiracy to defraud. The case involved over 30 Complainants who had been coaxed into investing in an illegal property venture.

R v Lloyd
Defence of a teenager charged with sexually assaulting 2 minors aged 8 and 9. The case involved cross examination of 4 children under the age of 10.

R v Ndidi & others
Junior in a 2 month 5 handed kidnap, rape and conspiracy to supply Class A drugs trial.

Samuel Robie v The Queen
Junior for the Appellant in an appeal against conviction to the Privy Council. The Appellant had been convicted of murder in Jamaica and sentenced to 15 years hard labour.