Ria Banerjee was led by James Scobie QC of Garden Court Chambers and instructed to represent RK. It was alleged that RK and one of his co-defendants jointly attacked the deceased and then spent days covering up the death, ultimately setting fire to the deceased’s body in a public park. Shortly before trial, the Crown accepted a guilty plea to Manslaughter on the basis of excessive self-defence and Perverting the Course of Justice.
