Omran Belhadi secures acquittals in drugs conspiracy

Omran represented the fourth of five defendants facing counts of conspiring to supply cocaine and heroin in East London.

The prosecution relied on cell-site evidence, a series of police stops and evidence of contact between the drug phones and known drug users to build their case.

Working closely with Dan Sutton of Tower Forensics Ltd, his lay client and his instructing solicitor, Emma Rahman of HP Gower, Omran was able to demonstrate the cell-site evidence did not assist the prosecution theory. Omran adduced video evidence of his client’s activities on a day the prosecution claimed he was co-locating with drug lines. The video showed his client enjoying a friend's boxing match.

His client was acquitted after a six-week trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.