Stewart Jones is a senior criminal silk with extensive experience of all types of criminal work both for the prosecution and defence. Areas of experience include:

• Murder
• Manslaughter: not only provocation and diminished responsibility in murder context but also unlawful act/gross negligence, involving breaches of e.g. Fire Regulations and Health and Safety Regulations
• Police disciplinary tribunal work
  
• Rape and all sexual offences modern and historical
• Robbery and all offences of dishonesty
• Drugs: possession and importation

Notable/Recent cases

R v Fox. Prosecution: Mental Hospital Nurse who received nine life sentences for abduction and rape of severely disabled patients. 

R v Sharon Carr. Prosecution: 16 year old girl convicted of murdering and mutilating in macabre fashion, when only 12.

R v Morgan.Defence: Kidnap, rape and murder of teenage French au pair girl, her body kept in lorry.

R v Monk. Defence: Grandfather involved in 30 year history of rape and abuse by him and others. “Worst case of sexual abuse in memory of this Court (of Appeal)”.

R v X. Defence: Case known as the “Simon de Danser” case. Cannabis importation. Lengthy Court room wrangle re disclosure, extensive hearings on voire-dire; established arrest warrant was invalid from the start and boarding illegal; the indictment was stayed as an abuse of process.

R v Coade. Defence. Cross generational, widespread long term family abuse. Phenomenon of “False Memory Syndrome”. Eventually several important episodes in allegations demonstrated to be fantasy or otherwise falsified– case abandoned.

R v Mohammed. Defence: Young Pakistani woman in divorce from arranged marriage to elderly man. Husband, her stepson, together with henchmen kidnapped her from women’s refuge and killed her. Case founded to considerable degree upon very complicated mobile phone cell site analysis.

R v Razzell. Defence: Mother of three young children in acrimonious divorce disappears in broad daylight into thin air. No body found; re-enacted with Police officers. Resultant witness statement used against husband after lengthy voire dire and argument.

R v Huisamen. Defence: Importation of cannabis resin on private jet. Mining manager gave evidence attempting to implicate Defendant in cannabis importation. He was discredited and obviously disbelieved by the jury.

R v Milne. Defence: Murder by way of arson. Cause of death not entirely clear: matters complicated due to condition of body when recovered. Detailed consideration of Pathologist’s Reports essential for proper conduct of this case, also evidence of Fire Analysts and Forensic Scientists.

Languages

Stewart speaks fluent French.