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Operation Tiramisu
Leading junior counsel in a multi-handed prosecution involving the corrupt relationship between a serving prisoner, a prison officer and that officer's partner, a constable in the Metropolitan Police. The relationship, which also involved a civilian police employee, allowed an organised criminal network to run a car-ringing operation and import drugs and telephones into prisons. All six defendants ultimately pleaded guilty, the ringleader receiving 12 years imprisonment in March 2011.

Operation Tarsal
Leading counsel for the Crown in a tripartite prosecution involving the long term corrupt relationship between a South London police officer (PC Bohannan), his wife and a substantial dealer of Class A drugs. All nine individuals charged have now been convicted. PC Bohannan and his wife were convicted after a six-week trial at Southwark Crown Court in which both were defended by Queen's Counsel. His sentence was raised to six years imrpisonment after a reference by the Attorney-General, see Att Gen's Reference No. 30 of 2010 [2011] 1 Cr. App. Rep. (S.) 106.

Operation Chelmer
Currently instructed to prosecute a professional cricketer in respect of an allegation of "spot-fixing" during a County Pro 40 match, in the first case of its kind. The cricketer is alleged to have accepted thousands of pounds to deliberately concede runs whilst playing for Essex.

Operation Aristo
Currently instructed as junior counsel to prosecute offences in relation to the obtaining of corrupt payments by Dutch nationals for assisting a Danish pharmaceutical company to obtain a UN contract for the supply of AIDS and Malaria medications to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Operation Cloche
Currently instructed to prosecute allegations relating to the activities of a civilian police employee who leaked police intelliigence about cannabis factories to his criminal associates in order for them to steal the drugs.

Operation Obsidian
Currently instructed to prosecute a Metropolitan Police Community Support Officer who is charged with misconduct, conspiracy to steal from cannabis factories and the supply of class A and class C drugs. The officer provided confidential police intelligence to a network of criminal associates both to assist them in avoiding detection, and to allow them to target other criminals for the theft of drugs.

Operation Lunate
Currently instructed to prosecute a wide-ranging and long-running money laundering operation. Eight defendants have currently been charged and face trial in late 2012 charged with offences of money laundering and mortgage fraud.

R v Rathie
Prosecuted a chartererd surveyor who gave vastly inflated valuations for a client to assist that client in £10 million of mortgage fraud.In return, she received over £900,000 in cash and two cars, a Range Rover and a Bentley, worth nearly £200,000. She received six years imprisonment.

Operation Starfire
Counsel for the Crown in a prosecution leading to the conviction of eight iindividuals charged in respect of the corrupt relationship between two prisoners at HMP Pentonville and a serving prison officer, Richard Carew. Carew smuggled in drugs and mobile telephones which were then sold by the two prisoners and the profits received into their girlfriends' bank accounts.

Operation Shuttle: R v Gillman and eight others
Leading counsel for the Crown in the prosecution of the notorious DPM Graffiti Crew, the largest graffiti case prosecuted in Britain. The crew had been responsible for millions of pounds worth of damage over many years throughout the UK and in mainland Europe. All nine defendants were convicted, the sentence appeal of four of them (heard by Lord Judge CJ) is now reported at: R. v. Pease and others [2009] 1 Cr.App.R.(S.) 114. David also prosecuted Operation Cook, involving six Australian graffiti artists.

Operation Conulata
Prosecuted three defendants for £5 million of mortgage fraud. The main defendant was a serving police officer and another defendant an employee of a conveyancing solicitors. The police officer, who was also convicted of a "Day of the Jackal" identity fraud, received 5 years 9 months in prison in 2010.

R v Conrad and another
A series of frauds invovling a total of almost £100 million of mortgages and VAT fraud. The two defendants committed a series of mortgage frauds on over £10 million of residential property in London, almost succeeded in a fraudulent attempt to secure a £70 million mortgage on commerical premises in South Wales and also perpetrated a £13 million VAT fraud. Both Defendants received 7 years imprisonment in March 2011.

Operation Demon
Prosecuted a multimillion pound car-ringing conspiracy with ten Defendants. All ten Defendants were convicted and jail sentences were imposed totalling in excess of twenty years. David also prosecuted substantial car-ringing cases in 2011 in Operations Slugworth and Elmendorf.

Operation Jaguar II
Prosecuted a series of linked prosecutions relating to long running and sophisticated multi-million pound banking frauds. Eight Defendants were convicted of fraud and money laundering over a series of linked prosecutions.

Operation Blantyre: R v Hammad, Mohammed & Krawczyk
Successfully prosecuted alone a SCD7(1) kidnap / false imprisonment trial where the main defendant was a millionaire restaurateur, defended by Queen's Counsel.

Operation Houlton: R v Ali, Choudhury, Islam & Ali
Represented the Crown in a SCD7 kidnap & false imprisonment trial where the complainant had been perpetrating a "black note" fraud on the Defendants before they held him hostage.

Operation Vehicle: R v Vass
Represented the lead defendant in a £50 million computer chip carousel fraud in a trial which ran for six months at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

Operation Springbrook
Instructed in a series of prosecutions arising out of violent disorder in Parliament Square when President George W. Bush visited the UK in June 2008.

Operation Zamza: R v Birmingham and others
Junior counsel for the Crown in the prosecution of a substantial drugs conspiracy.

R v Mottram
Represented the financial director of a listed company who was charged along with the CEO in respect of a serious fraud designed to disguise an unsuccessful share issue

R v Lynn
Defended in a multi-handed money laundering allegation regarding the proceeds of MTIC fraud. All of the Defendants were acquitted as a result of a successful half-time submission made on behalf of Mr. Lynn.

R v Russell
Represented the main defendant in a complex £4 million fraud predicated upon the transfer of legitimate occupational pension funds to front companies, allowing clients to access pension funds before the legal age.

R v Gorecki & others
Prosecuted "Fathers For Justice" protestors who gained access to a signal gantry over the Waterloo mainline dressed as Santas.

R v Ncube, Ndebele & Muller
Prosecuted a conspiracy to defraud where the defendants were part of a devious £1 million conspiracy in which they persuaded people to buy "gemstones" which were in fact worthless lumps of glass.