Dan Santos-Costa secured the acquittal of his client following successful half time submissions

Dan Santos-Costa, instructed by Jorgia Kilkenny of KMC Legal, secured the acquittal of his client following a successful half-time submission of no case to answer at Isleworth Crown Court.

Dan’s client was charged with burglary. The Crown’s case relied upon the jury drawing an adverse inference from strands of circumstantial evidence.

Dan made a half-time submission of no case to answer on the basis that the circumstantial evidence that the Crown relied upon to prove intention was tenuous and weak, and it was fundamentally inconsistent with the wealth of evidence pointing towards the defendant’s innocence. Consequently, Dan submitted that no reasonable jury properly directed could be sure that the defendant intended to steal on the evidence. The learned judge agreed with Dan’s detailed written and oral submissions that there was no case to answer. Dan’s client maintains his good character.

Dan’s full profile: https://greatjames.co.uk/members/dan-santos-costa/