A barrister for Ms McLeod's parents and relatives read from a victim impact statement that said the loss of Charmaine and the children had left a hole that will never be filled.

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/national/kids-were-my-whole-world-mcleod-dad-tells-coroner/fe98e419-1052-4b72-9e2e-6718c5d85553

ADDRESSING the jury in the Malka Leifer case at the County Court of Victoria, defence barrister Ian Hill has urged it to find the former Adass Israel School principal not guilty of 27 charges relating to sexual abuse.

Source: https://www.australianjewishnews.com/judge-hears-final-arguments-on-leifer/

A defence barrister said the baton had "sat in a friend's house" and when Pollard was leaving he gathered up his belongings and "the baton was placed into the coat pocket" and "he is not sure whether he put it there or someone else put it there".

Source: https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/crime/man-with-police-baton-in-his-coat-is-told-by-district-judge-that-carrying-an-offensive-weapon-is-a-very-serious-matter-4061483

A defence barrister said the child had been restrained but had "seemingly managed to release the restraints".

Source: https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/crime/newtownabbey-woman-taken-to-court-after-young-child-was-seen-standing-on-front-seat-of-moving-car-4219898

Alman's barrister suggested that she had sent Ali a text message demanding £2,500 and if he did not, she would go to the police and make up sexual allegations.

Source: https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/23687372.two-alleged-victims-give-evidence-historic-sexual-offences-trial/?ref=rss

As regards the offences in the hospital, the barrister said that the very location of the incident was an aggravating factor in itself.

Source: https://www.derryjournal.com/news/crime/man-who-challenged-ambulance-worker-and-smashed-dominos-window-in-derry-jailed-4104487

At a follow-up hearing in London on Tuesday, the duke’s barrister David Sherborne said his legal team’s “next step” was to write to the Government over varying the Leveson Inquiry restriction to allow material to be used.

Source: https://www.ludlowadvertiser.co.uk/news/national/23938177.harrys-lawyers-ask-ministers-permission-use-leveson-documents/?ref=rss

Bolton’s barrister said his client had ditched a gambling habit only to go on to acquire a £1,500 weekly drug habit.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/15/bristol-man-raided-charity-shop-dressed-in-cartoon-mouse-costume-19133583/

Bruce Lehrmann's barrister Steven Whybrow SC has suggested that Brittany Higgins lied to her boss about being raped because she was worried she would lose her job.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/live/article-12891365/Bruce-Lehrmann-defamation-livestream-brittany-higgins.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Bruce Lehrmann's barrister Steven Whybrow SC said it's clear from the CCTV at The Dock hotel that Bruce Lehrmann did not ply Brittany Higgins with drinks.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/live/article-12891365/Bruce-Lehrmann-defamation-livestream-brittany-higgins.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

But Oncu's barrister Mike Smith said they had twisted the facts to fit allegations his client wanted to destroy the recordings.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12372177/Alev-Rojda-Oncu-trial-Sydney-lawyers-relief-shes-not-guilty-destroying-evidence-linked-husband-murder.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Citing concerns Lehrmann’s defence barrister Steven Whybrow SC had raised to this effect, Drumgold was asked whether he should have recused himself as prosecutor from the trial.

Source: https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/05/10/bruce-lehrmann-inquiry-prosecutor-drumgold-breach/

Defence barrister Brendan Grehan SC denied Mr Hutch had made admissions in secret Garda (Irish police force) recordings.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/c14wj9njlywo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Defence barrister Greg Hoare told the court his client had been subjected to years of emotional abuse and coercive control.

Source: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8269926/why-wife-violently-ended-husbands-life-may-never-be-known/?src=rss

Defence barrister Matthew Ryder KC said Smith loved and cared about his country and his interest in “alternative truths” was neither uncommon nor proof of anti-British sentiment.

Source: https://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/national/23323562.security-guard-filmed-images-colleagues-families-inside-embassy-court-told/?ref=rss

Defence barrister Michael Borrelli KC, put Haggarty’s background to him, suggesting he was a “violent thug” and a terrorist, to which he agreed.

Source: https://carlow-nationalist.ie/2023/10/23/two-catholic-workmen-murdered-by-uvf-for-pure-sectarianism/

Defence barrister Miles Bennett said a passenger had “genuinely feared for their safety”.

Source: https://www.ayradvertiser.com/news/national/23598680.speeding-croydon-tram-disaster-driver-cleared-health-safety-breach/?ref=rss

Defence barrister Rachel Woods said that she had been involved in numerous discussions with the prosecution about the case and said she would try to arrange a video conference with Murphy before a pre-trial hearing on November 17.

Source: https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/prisoner-accused-of-having-terrorist-pipe-bomb-refuses-to-go-to-court-4367061

Defence barrister Szilvia Booker said her client was 'really a quite shy and affable young man' when he was not beating up lone taxi drivers and crashing their cars, but provided some context for Judge Holmes by way of her client's alcohol addiction.

Source: https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/trio-thugs-battered-cab-driver-27872547

Defending barrister, Sean O’Hare, told the Court that the mother of his client had offered to put forward a surety of £2000 towards her son’s bail.

Source: https://fermanaghherald.com/2023/11/bail-denied-for-man-involved-in-granny-annies-brawl/