Kitan Ososami represented the first defendant on a six-handed indictment for wounding with intent and affray. Kitan’s client was 16 years old when the incident occurred and turned 18 the day before trial.

The Crown’s case was that Kitan’s client and the second defendant (another child) were pursued by a group of adult males who continued to intimidate them from outside of a shop. CCTV showed Kitan’s client and the second defendant running out of the shop with wine bottles, which were broken in the affray and used to cause really serious injury to one of the adult males.

The jury unanimously acquitted Kitan’s client of wounding with intent and found him guilty of the lesser offence, unlawful wounding, and affray.

Whilst on bail for this case, Kitan’s client was found guilty in the Youth Court for two charges of robbery and two charges of possessing a bladed article in public. The District Judge deferred sentence until the conclusion of his Crown Court case and then committed the matter for sentence.

Kitan’s mitigation persuaded the Court to impose a two-year term of detention, suspended for two years, as it was agreed that Kitan’s client had strong personal mitigation and a realistic prospect of rehabilitation in the community.

Kitan was instructed by Laura O’Brien and Denilson Marku of Hodge Jones and Allen Solicitors.