Sonia Larbi Aïssa represented the defendant at a seven-day trial at Oxford Crown Court. The defendant faced a two-count indictment for controlling and coercive behaviour and stalking causing serious alarm or distress within a three-year relationship with the complainant.
After hearing live evidence from four witnesses including the complainant and defendant, the jury acquitted the defendant of coercive and controlling behaviour and convicted the defendant of stalking causing serious alarm or distress. The defendant was sentenced to time served and released from custody at the conclusion of the trial.
Sonia was instructed by Reilly Solicitors.