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Fiona Clegg secures unanimous acquittal on all counts of drug trafficking and money laundering

03/03/2022
The eight-week trial involved complex cut throats between co-defendants, as well as delicate and nuanced evidential cross-currents. Against a suspected backdrop of prostitution, Class A drugs and cash were seized from a property. The property was later alleged to have been a brothel, wherein a cocktail of chemsex drugs were made available. The case was further complicated by a sensitive background of trafficking.  

Following almost two days of deliberations, the defendant was unanimously acquitted by the jury on all seven counts.  

Fiona was instructed by Sarj Patel of Darryl Ingram & Co.

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