Sarah Forshaw KC, leading Phoebe Bragg of 5KBW, represented a senior police officer charged on an eight-count indictment with four counts of rape, various assaults and controlling and coercive behaviour. Following the service of defence skeleton arguments on an application to dismiss and an application to stay the indictment for abuse of process, the prosecution finally offered no evidence, and the client was formally acquitted of all counts. The prosecution was ordered to pay a significant proportion of his legal costs, following further argument.
