Cases

• Operation Uvrou [Central Criminal Court] 2023

  Fake Bomb Attack

  As led junior, Aska represented the second defendant who was charged with conspiring to place fake bombs in Gray’s Inn. Instructed by Freemans.

  News report here.

• R v. Sahayb Abu - [C.C.C.] 2021

  Conviction for man preparing to carry out an IS inspired sword-attack

  Jonathan Polnay, led by John McGuinness QC prosecution Sahayb Abu, the ‘masked menace’ for preparing to carry out a terrorist sword attack.

  News Report.

   

• R v. Abdullah [C.C.C.] 2020

  Man who incited German terror cell to commit terrorist atrocities by training them in use of explosives.

  Jonathan Polnay, led by Barnaby Jameson QC, prosecuted Abdullah for assisting another to prepare an act of terrorism. He incited a terror cell, based in Germany, to commit terrorist atrocities that would have caused mass fatalities. His encouragement was not limited to words. He researched, obtained and tested explosives in order to teach the German cell to carry out the terrorist attacks to maximum effect.

  BBC News report. 

• Operation Dowl [C.C.C.] 2018

  Suicide Terror Plot to Kill the Prime Minister

  Mark Heywood QC represented the Crown in this case involving the plot by two individuals to kill the Prime Minister. The plan was to detonate a bomb at the gates of Downing Street and then kill Theresa May with a knife or gun. 

  BBC report here.

• R v. Abdallah [C.C.C.] 2017

  Prosecution of British man who travelled to Syria to join so-called Islamic State

  Mark Heywood QC acted for the Crown in this prosecution of a British man who was jailed for possession of an AK47 gun, receiving £2000 for the purposes of terrorism and membership of ISIS.

  BBC report here

  Guardian report here.

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