Edmund Burge K.C.’s 18-year-old client was acquitted of murder on 1st March 2024, following a 5-week trial.  Although the defendant did not give evidence, the jury accepted that he had not intended either to kill or cause really serious harm. 

Edmund was instructed by Waters Moore Solicitors. 

Edmund Burge KC is a specialist criminal advocate, ranked in both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500.  He was called by Lincoln’s Inn in 1997 and took Silk in 2019. He is a Recorder of the Crown Court and the County Court, and is authorised to sit at the Old Bailey. He is also a contributing editor to Phipson on Evidence.