Fatima Laher's client unanimously acquitted in under 90 minutes for an ABH and non-fatal strangulation charge 

Following a 3-day trial at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court, Fatima’s client was unanimously acquitted on 3 counts of (1) Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm, (2) Non-fatal strangulation and (3) Theft, in under 90 minutes of the jury retiring.

The Crown alleged that the defendant restrained his former partner to the bed, strangled her, placed his hands over her mouth and nose causing her to suffocate, punched and bit her whilst he continuously threatened to kill her. It was argued, on behalf of the defendant that the complainant’s injuries were inconsistent with her account and she had invented these allegations to secure custody of their children.

Fatima Laher was instructed by Muzir Waheed, Zak Law Solicitors.