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The Queen has appointed William Howard Mousley QC to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Robert Buckland QC MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable Lord Burnett of Maldon.

The Lord Chief Justice has deployed him to the Western Circuit , based at Plymouth Combined Court with effect from 05 May 2020.

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William Howard Mousley QC, aged 57, will be known as His Honour Judge William Mousley QC.  He was called to the Bar (M) in 1986 and took silk in 2011.  He was appointed as a Recorder in 2009.

Between September and November last year, Michael Williams led Richard Sedgwick in the successful prosecution of a gang of armed robbers responsible for the robbery of a convenience store, 26 incidents of car-jacking, the kidnap of a recovery driver and threatening a soldier with an imitation firearm.  In total, the gang committed 46 offences over the course of four months in 2018.  The prosecution case rested largely on the movement of mobile telephones and analysis of call data.  The jury convicted the defendants upon all counts.

The ringleader, Paul Doyle, had previously received an indeterminate sentence for public protection in 2007 for the armed robbery of cash in a transit van.  For these offences, he received a life sentence and will have to serve a minimum of 12 years before the parole board will consider him for release.  Joshua Barrett, Luke Mander, and Kier Carter, received sentences of 18 years, 16 and a half years, and 3 years respectively.

Further details of the case can be found on the BBC here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-51837519

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-51832725

The defendant is accused of five counts of engaging in sexual activity with a boy beginning when the victim was 13 years old. The matter came to light when the defendant later had a child which was found to share DNA with the victim in the case.

The trial is currently being heard at Reading Crown Court before HHJ Clarke QC, Miss Ong is instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service Thames & Chiltern.

Further details of the case can be found at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8041927/Married-nursery-worker-20-sex-13-year-old-boy-twice-month.html

Guilty verdicts secured in Reading Crown Court in respect of a 62 year old man against his 63 year old estranged wife living in the same household, for a number of serious offences. The defendant, BM, was sentenced to a total of 12 years imprisonment.

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Mohiussunnath Chowdhury and his sister, Sneha Chowdhury, were convicted of terrorism offences following a lengthy trial at Woolwich Crown Court before HHJ Lees QC. The defendants were accused of planning attacks on tourist sites around London following an earlier acquittal on other terrorism offences.

Marion Smullen led Mumin Hashim, and Gulam Ahmed was junior to Simon Csoka QC, all instructed by Shofna Begum of Stuart Begum Solicitors.

Further details of the trial can be found in the links below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51449757

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/10/man-convicted-of-plotting-terror-attacks-at-london-tourist-sites

William Mousley QC and Alex Kettle-Williams have secured the unanimous conviction of a man who murdered his victim before setting fire to her home in which she laid in an attempt to conceal the evidence and her body. The trial was heard over 3 weeks before Mr Justice Garnham at Winchester Crown Court.  Brendan Rowan-Davies, who repeatedly sliced the throat of his victim in a sexually motivated and sadistic attack, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 30 years.

Counsel were instructed by CPS Wessex. Further details can be found here:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/04/kelly-anne-case-man-convicted-of-savage

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-51357444

Love Island star Dani Dyer’s boyfriend has appeared in Portsmouth Crown Court charged with being involved in an investment business with intent to defraud two pensioners.

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/crime/love-island-star-dani-dyers-boyfriend-sammy-kimmence-charged-scam-and-appears-portsmouth-crown-court-1383163

William Mousley QC leads Alex Kettle-Williams as they begin murder trial at Winchester Crown Court. The defendant is charged with the murder of a 27 year old woman in Gosport as well as arson of her home in an effort to dispose of the evidence.  Counsel are instructed by CPS Wessex.  Further details can be found here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-51105207