Andrew Kerr

  • Year of Call 2006

Introduction

Andrew has substantial experience as a Criminal Barrister. His recent cases are as follows:

R v DW

A brutal murder involving a polish vagrant, who was living with other polish vagrants in a bin-shed in North London. One night whilst in drink he beat to death another polish vagrant. The evidence against him was entirely based upon eyewitnesses.

R v DM

This was a crime of passion whereby the Defendant stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in broad daylight. There was tension between them because, to her, their relationship was casual, but to the Defendant, he wanted something stronger. The defence was loss of control. The Defendant had significant mental health difficulties (though not such as to give him any defence).

R v DH

This was a shoot-out in broad daylight. In this case two rival gang members met in a busy street and opened fire on each other. Both sides had quite sophisticated firearms. I acted for the gang leader on one side. While he was not the shooter, the Prosecution case was that he assisted and encouraged the killing of one of the rival gang’s members by opening the car door for another to shoot the deceased. The case consistent almost exclusively of CCTV evidence and cell-site. There were four defendants. The case also involved significant cut-throat defences run by two of the co-Defendants. Client was found not guilty of murder.

R v SA

This was a drive-by shooting which culminated from an ongoing feud. The feud itself was partly based on drugs, but also on ancestral loyalty. My client had changed the numbers plates on the car involved in the shooting immediately before and then after. He had an IQ of 48. There was extensive psychological evidence called as to his ability to necessarily understand what he was doing. The case also involved a defence intermediary. The case was complex as there were nine Defendants. Client was found not guilty of murder.

R v NZ

This was another gang-land homicide. In this case, a rival drug dealer was found selling drugs on the territory of my client’s group. He was chased down in his car, and deliberately run off the road. He was then  set upon by men armed with machetes, swords, a chainsaw, and a bottle of acid. He survived but all Defendants were charged with conspiracy to murder. The case was based upon ID. Client was found not guilty of murder.

Notable Cases

R v I and Otrs, 2017 Southwark Crown Court

Lengthy multi-handed trial involved in the organised theft of vehicles valued in the region of £1.2 million. Defendants used cloned car keys, false number plates, forged vehicle documentation, surveillance of targets and hi-tech computer technology to steal luxury vehicles. The case was reported in the Daily Mail.

R v M - A led junior in a brutal murder case in which the defence pleaded loss of control.

R v I - Appeared as junior alone in a lengthy kidnap and blackmail case.

R v W - A led junior in a particularly savage killing of a homeless man.

R v B - Appeared as junior alone in a case in which it was alleged the complainant was trafficked into the UK and forced to work as a prostitute. The case involved thousands of pages of telephone evidence that substantially undermined the complainant’s allegations.

R v W - Rape

R v L - A firearms case in which the gun in question was unable to discharge a bullet without the police firearms expert manufacturing special ammunition for it.

R v K - Anonymous witness case. The Defendant was alleged to be the black male robbing the Malaysian student in the infamous London Riots footage.

R v T - Successfully defended in a case involving a gang of East London villains who were alleged to have posed as BT workers in stolen vans and equipment, removed copper cable from manholes, cut it up, and sold it for scrap.

R v L - Offensive weapon case. Secured an acquittal in 60 seconds.

R (C) v Stratford Youth Court [2012] All ER (D) 87 (Jan) - Judicial Review in relation when a judicial tribunal may depart from a previous sentencing indication

Qualifications

LL.B (Hons)
LL.M