Shusmita Deb’s client unanimously acquitted of controlling or coercive behaviour at Croydon Crown Court.
Shusmita’s client was charged with controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship, criminal damage, and assault by beating.
The Crown’s case included photographs, Video door bell footage, cell site evidence, and schedules of phone contact. After the close of the Crown’s case, the judge directed the jury to return a not guilty verdict for assault by beating.
At the end of the trial, the jury returned unanimous not guilty verdicts for controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship and criminal damage.
Shusmita was instructed by Richard Packham of Blackfords LLP.
