R v MS

April 17, 2025

Richard Thyne KC and Dermot Hughes represented MS, a 47-year-old man who was charged, along with two others, with murder following a fatal stabbing in the course of a street fight in June 2024. MS maintained that he played no part in any joint enterprise, and that he had acted as a peacemaker throughout the incident. Following a three-and-a-half week trial the jury convicted the other two defendants of murder. MS was acquitted of both murder and manslaughter.

Richard and Dermot were instructed by Mark Dooley and Tim Gaubert of Favell Smith & Lawson solicitors.

This case was reported on the BBC, Yahoo News, The Star, and Yorkshire Post.