Graham Wilkinson | Consultant
Graham is a highly skilled Senior Legal Consultant with over 25 years’ experience in representing clients involved in serious and complex criminal cases across the UK. Known for his in-depth case preparation and client-focused approach, Graham is committed to achieving the best possible outcomes for his clients.
Graham is particularly skilled in representing clients charged with the most serious of crimes including fraud, serious violence and murder, firearms, and gang related crime. Graham has worked on numerous high-profile cases, consistently showcasing his expertise with his comprehensive and practical advice throughout all elements of each case.
Graham is dedicated to delivering honest, clear and effective communication from the police station all the way to the Crown Court. Clients appreciate the close contact he maintains with them throughout their cases, ensuring clients are fully informed and supported. His close professional relationship with respected barristers across many areas of the criminal field attests to Graham’s trusted reputation.
Notable cases include:
Murder: Successfully defended a client charged with numerous murder and firearms offences. The client was eventually acquitted in the second trial after an initial hung jury. Graham’s close work with forensic experts helped to unearth compelling evidence to secure a not guilty verdict. Graham’s client was the only defendant of the five co-defendants to be found not guilty.
Murder: Crown offered no evidence to a charge of murder and alternative charge of manslaughter after clear presentation of the evidence by the defence exonerating the client.
Conspiracy to supply drugs: Graham often defends clients involved in complex conspiracies to supply drugs on large scales, including defendants involved in county lines and using ‘encrochat’. Most recently Graham forced the Crown to offer no evidence on a possession with intent to supply class A case after his in depth case preparation revealed there was not enough evidence against the client for the case to go to trial.
Violent gang crime: Successfully defended a client charged with kidnap, robbery, false imprisonment, blackmail and burglary. Not guilty verdicts were returned on all counts.
Attempted Murder and possession of a firearm: Graham successfully forced the prosecution to offer no evidence after a persuasive application to dismiss the charges against his client was submitted. Graham worked closely with counsel to ensure that this case would not make it to trial after clear lack of evidence necessary to prosecute.
Kidnap: Crown offered no evidence two days before trial, assisted by an application to dismiss the charges based on the fact that the Crown’s evidence was not strong enough to convict the client.
Fraud: Represented a client in a multimillion-pound HMRC fraud involving over 40 co-defendants.
Robbery: multi-handed conspiracy to steal cars amounting to a value of nearly £400,000. Crown offered no evidence after careful case preparation alongside counsel.
