by POCA Solicitors | Feb 11, 2025 | Criminal Defence, POCA Solicitors
Poca Solicitors are increasingly involved in Confiscation proceedings, not on behalf of a Defendant, but acting for a third party who has an interest or claims an interest in assets that are the subject of the CPS Poca application. Usually it will be the spouse of a...
by POCA Solicitors | Dec 13, 2023 | Criminal Defence, POCA Solicitors
Poca Solicitors recently represented a defendant at Liverpool Crown Court charged with possession with intent to supply of almost 4 kilos of Class A drugs namely Crack Cocaine, Cocaine and heroin, a significant quantity of such being packaged into street deal size...
by POCA Solicitors | Nov 24, 2023 | Criminal Defence, POCA Solicitors
Poca Solicitors recently represented a client in relation to Encrochat Poca Proceedings before Liverpool Crown Court relating to a previous conviction for Conspiracy to Supply Class A drugs. Poca Solicitors took over the case at the Confiscation stage from previous...
by POCA Solicitors | Sep 5, 2023 | Criminal Defence, POCA Solicitors
A significant decision has emerged from Germany, where a court has declined the UK’s request to extradite an Albanian individual implicated in drug trafficking. The refusal stems from apprehensions about the state of prisons in the UK, casting a shadow over the...
by POCA Solicitors | Sep 4, 2023 | Criminal Defence, POCA Solicitors
In the past year, over a dozen homicide prosecutions and more than 100 sexual offence cases in England and Wales were halted before reaching trial due to lost or missing evidence, according to information obtained by the Guardian. This data, sourced from a Freedom of...
by POCA Solicitors | Sep 3, 2023 | Criminal Defence, POCA Solicitors
The number of offenders sentenced to imprisonment for public protection (IPP) and subsequently recalled to prison without facing new charges has seen a dramatic increase. This trend accounted for nearly three-quarters of such returns in the past year. The IPP scheme,...
