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James Lloyd and Joseph Sinclair secure duty evasion conspiracy acquittals

03/02/2025

James Lloyd, leading Joseph Sinclair, acted for the third of seven defendants in a case involving conspiracy to fraudulently evade duty on cigarettes, which followed a series of arrests, raids and searches co-ordinated by HMRC in 2019.

Over 2.6 million cigarettes were recovered from the unit where this defendant was arrested. £200,000 in foil-wrapped cash bundles was found at this defendant’s home address.

At the conclusion of a four-week trial at Cambridge Crown Court, the jury delivered unanimous not guilty verdicts in relation to all counts for James and Joseph’s client. James and Joseph were instructed by Abdullah Al-Yunusi of MPR Solicitors LLP.

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