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Frank Dillon is a former solicitor and Higher Courts Advocate whose professional life has been spent exclusively in the practice of Criminal Law.
He has also lectured extensively to the profession at in-house seminars and on behalf of CPD providers such as Liverpool Law Society, Byrom Training and Crimeline Training.
As a solicitor he regularly advised suspects at police stations, in respect of allegations ranging from relatively minor offences of theft and assualt to extremely grave and complex allegations such as rape, robbery, conspiracy to supply drugs and murder.
R -v- B [2019] – County lines drugs conspiracy on a national scale, spanning several areas of England and Wales. 9-week trial. Junior alone (defence). Acquitted.
R -v- H [2020] – Multi-handed attempted murder with firearm. 13-year-old defendant. Joint enterprise. Junior alone (defence). Acquitted.
R -v- C [2020] – Murder of mother by son for gain. Led junior (prosecution).
R -v- H [2021] – Kneecapping with firearm in course of multi-handed robbery. Leading junior (defence). Submission of no case upheld.
R -v- W [2021] – Murder. Stabbing. joint enterprise. 14-year-old defendant. Led junior (defence). Acquitted.
R -v- M [2022] – Prosecution involving drugging and raping of 14-yesr-old complainant on multiple occasions. Complex investigation. D pleaded on morning of trial.
R -v- S [2024] – Major county lines case (defence) involving over 400,000 pages of evidence. Leading junior.
Reported Cases:
R -v- Meddlicott [2016] EWCA Crim 55 – Appeal against life sentence, multiple armed robberies.
R -v- B [2019] EWCA Crim 1547.Historical offences. Inconsistent verdicts.
R -v- Durkin [2021] EWCA Crim 1866 – Issues relating to s.11(3), Criminal Appeal Act 1968 in context of unlawful sentences passed at first instance.
