Crime

Significant Cases

Prosecuting

2007 "Operation Saluki" 18 defendant undercover class A drug purchasing operation.

2008 "Operation Bluebeard" 23 defendant undercover class A drug purchasing operation.

2008-2009 "Operation Mascot" football disorder case following a Stockport County match.

2008. R v Woodcock and others. Conspiracy to commit armed robberies. Used extensive facial and body mapping to help prove a complex circumstantial case.

2008. R v Jama and others. Complicated conspiracy to defraud involving a number of employees of a mobile phone retailer.

2008-2009 "Operation Palamino" (leading junior) Large scale Class A drug trafficking and money laundering. Nine jointly indicted defendants with very extensive evidence spanning a period of four years.

2009 "Operation Groundhog" conspiracy to steal vehicles. Investigation using extensive police surveillance and cell site analysis.

2009. R v Scraggs (click HERE for MEN coverage of this case)and R v Kee both cases of female defendant "glassings" in Manchester city centre clubs. Each involving horrific facial injuries. Both received extensive local and national press coverage.

2009-2010 "Operation Uganda" Concerned the targeting of properties for high value burglaries and robberies by an organised gang. Prosecution depended largely on surveillance and analysis of phone billing evidence.

2009-2010 "Operation Rigging" seven defendant conspiracy to supply class A drugs.

2009-2010 "Operation Perryville" (leading junior) Series of prosecutions of Class A drug dealing teams where extensive phone traffic analysis enabled the structure of the teams to be established.  The consequent identification of the teams’ organisers  and their roles has resulted in many of the sentences being significantly longer than is usual in such “test purchaser” cases.

Henry is also on the Rape and serious sexual offences panel and has prosecuted a number of cases of rape and family abuse, both with a recent past and historic allegations where there has been a long delay (25 years +) from commission of the alleged offences and their prosecution. Also involving extensive Social Services and other third party records.

Defence

2009 R v Mannan. Murder case which attracted a lot of national press coverage. Click here to see the BBC news coverage of the case.

Series of cases arising out of "Operation Vendor", involving very large scale importation of controlled drugs.

R v Taylor and Whiteley. Sadistic murder by two defendants who were a self styled "Bonnie and Clyde" which received extensive press coverage. Click here to see the Daily Telegraph coverage of the case. Click here to see the Stockport Express Coverage of the case.

Public Access