Juliet Donovan BA (Oxford Brookes)

Juliet was awarded a Pegasus scholarship in 2007 as an intern at a legal aid office in Manhattan.

She specialises in crime, both defending and prosecuting and appears regularly in the Magistrates Court, Crown Court and Court of Appeal.  Juliet's experience includes cases involving

• Armed Robbery
• Burglary
• Serious Assault
• Fraud
• Drug Supply and Importation
• Firearms
• Serious Sexual Offences:- Defending
   
  R v Williams - The Defendant was charged with 16 Counts of Sexual Assault and 1 Count of Attempted Rape on 4 of his step grandchildren, aged 11 - 13. The Defendant was acquitted of 10 counts, with a hung jury on the other 7.  There was no retrial.
   
  R v Russell - The Defendant was charged with 6 Counts of Sexual Assault, 1 count of sexual intercourse with a child under 16 on one victim, and 3 rapes on another victim (his niece), indecent exposure and making a child watch pornography.  After 9 hours the jury were hung.  On the retrial the Defendant was acquitted of 3 rapes but found guilty on 9 other offences and received 5 years.
   
  R v Kitchen - The Defendant was charged with 4 sexual assaults on his 8 year old step grand daughter.  He was found not guilty on 2 counts and guilty on 2 counts.

Juliet is also on the Attorney General's List and regularly prosecutes on behalf of the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office.

Juliet became a qualified mediator in September 2011 and is hoping to build up a practice specialising in particular youth issues and restorative justice.