Gerald Hendron

Junior A

24 Feb

Call: 1992

Gerald Hendron

Criminal Bar Association

Legal Aid Supplier Number 7449X

Gerald Hendron prosecutes and defends in serious criminal cases. He is an extremely experienced, providing sound advice to his clients. His hard work and judgment assists in obtaining the outcome that he is instructed to achieve. Regularly prosecutes multi-handed complex criminal matters.

Notable Cases

R v Shahzan Hussain (2024):

Junior counsel alone prosecuted a Silk and Junior defending on a charge of Attempted Murder to trial. Son of complainant, acting on a longstanding grievance against father, travelled from Milford Haven to West Yorkshire with a hunting knife and black clothing to lay in wait at night in a garden until his father came out for a smoke. He then attacked the complainant in a ‘frenzied’ attack before fleeing, being arrested in Wales four hours later. Described as a ‘horrific and sustained attack.’ Defendant convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 13 years.

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/24316132.bradford-man-attacked-knife-son/

R v Harriott (2024):

Defence of client who pleaded guilty to the murder of his sister and was sentenced to life, with an order to serve a minimum period of 23 years. The defendant intended to kill his sister in a premeditated attack upon her with a samurai sword as she loaded her car on her way to work before driving to Huddersfield police station asking to be arrested, as he had just killed his sister. HHJ Mairs described the kiliing which was caught on CCTV as ‘Chilling.’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13121257/Murder-runs-family-Man-jailed-life-stabbing-sister-death-samurai-sword-week-son-sent-murdering-15-year-old-knife-attack.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-68385718

R v Khalid Sheikh, Asghar Sheikh, Shabnam Sheikh (2024):

Gerald Hendron, being led by Abdul Iqbal KC, represented Khalid Sheikh, and Michelle Colborne KC, leading Simeon Smith, represented Asghar Sheikh for failing to protect a vulnerable person, namely Ambreen Sheikh, from serious bodily harm. This case took place at Leeds Crown Court before Lady Justice Lambert. The complainant was alleged to have been the subject of a caustic burn, and after this incident, she was given glimepiride, an antidiabetic tablet, which resulted in her falling into a permanent coma from which she has never recovered. The defendants were sentenced to 7 years and 9 months for failing to protect. (https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/live-huddersfield-husband-whose-wife-28620428)

R v Rees (2024):

Prosecuted Leeds student Nicholas Rees, who was sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment at Leeds Crown Court in respect of Possession of an Explosive Substance and Making an Explosive Substance while he was a postgraduate student at the Oxley Halls in Leeds. Rees manufactured low explosives and possessed the ingredients for low explosives for an unlawful purpose. Rees had grievances against fellow students and West Yorkshire police officers after he had been reported to them for the suspected possession of firearms while walking around the residence in combat fatigues and wearing a bulletproof vest. Rees told students that he could use ‘Thermite’ to destroy the generator box of the residence, cutting off communication to the police if they wanted to report him. The defendant also threatened the police and others that he would go on ‘One last outing.’ Sentencing Rees, HHJ Khan said that he was a dangerous man (https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/leeds-student-kept-chemicals-knives-28604548)

R V D (2023):

Manslaughter -Prosecution led junior counsel being led by KC in a case, the allegation being the defendant had stockpiled controlled drug, prescribed to treat his deceased wife and then drug the deceased. The defendant’s case was that the complainant took the drug herself. Involved pathological and toxicological issues along with substantial disclosure issues as case was treated as an unexplained death and the body was no longer available by the time toxicological results were obtained.

R v B (2022):

Prosecuting defendant represented by a KC for the rape of a 14 year old girl in 1993. Through the advances in DNA evidence piecing together historic evidence where the inferences from such evidence was to be challenged.

R v HS (2021):

Defence Junior 6 week trial charged with joint armed robbery with imitation firearms of a fabric shop. Pre-planned robbery where the case involved circumstantial evidence of the defendant sourcing the car prior to the robbery and together with his co-accused destroying it afterwards. The prosecution relied on CCTV evidence and cell site evidence. The co-accused were also charged with attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. Although the co-accused were unanimously convicted on all counts, jury could not agree in relation to HS and the prosecution decided not to retry the defendant. The co-accused received sentences of 12 years.

R V D and others (2021):

Prosecution Junior Conspiracy to import controlled drugs and article A prohibited items, (drugs and phones) into prison over a period of 2 and a half years at 3 prisons in Yorkshire and Humberside. 7 Defendants in total. The Lead defendant received a sentence of 14 year.

**R v A (2021**):

Defence Junior Representing boy who was charged with multiple rapes on 6 complainants in the Crown Court since the age of 11-14. First case of its kind that went to the Court of Appeal and will be a bench mark case for sentencing children for the most serious of sexual offences. Total sentence 8 years 3 months but reduced to 6 years 6 months by the Court of Appeal who described the case as ‘a truly difficult and exceptional case’.

R v M (2021):

Defence Junior alone representing man charged with attempted murder where the prosecution accepted Section 18 when the case was listed for trial. The victim was left with serious and permanent life changing head injuries having been attacked by the Defendant. The Defendant on arrest repeatedly claimed that he wanted to kill him and that he deserved it. The Defendant was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.

R v A and others (2020):

Leading Junior for the Prosecution 5 Defendants between ages of 15 and 18 charged with conspiracy to commit armed robberies of supermarkets. The group targeted a string of stores, using an arsenal of weapons including a BB gun, machete, knives, meat cleaver and an axe to steal a host of items including cash, cigarettes and stamps.

Operation F (2019):

Prosecution Junior first convictions of in respect an AK47 rifle discharge since records began since the National Ballistics Intelligence Service 2009, the allegation being the three defendants pre-planned spraying of a rival gang member’s house with a machine gun and armour piercing ammunition. Extensive use of cell site evidence linked with fragmentary eye witness accounts to construct strong circumstantial case.

R v B & ors (2017):

Prosecuted student in York who was charged with Rape of another student. Received national attention. At trial and retrial defendant represented by a KC.

R v S (2015):

Defence Junior Represented to trial Defendant alleged to have stolen the personal details of 100,000 employees of national supermarket retailer, publishing them on the internet and forwarding them to local national newspapers, using the ‘Dark Web’ with resultant loss to the business of £2.5m. 7 years for fraud.

R v M & Ors (2010):

Leading Junior for the Defence - defending the alleged leading facilitator in the conspiracy to kidnap the son of a Chinese Shipping Magnate and blackmail his parents in the sum of $2mUS. Prosecuted by a silk and junior. Case involved complex cell site analysis, voice analysis on ransom demands, telephone billing and observational evidence. A Not Guilty verdict was secured after an extensive trial.

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