Stryders represented ‘O’ who was charged with conspiring to supply over 1 tonne of cocaine.‘O’ had been arrested in July 2017 after the Police stopped a car containing over 80 kilos of cocaine and found a note leading them to search O’s home address. There they found 1 ½ kilos of cocaine in a wardrobe. The first trial was abandoned amid allegations of the Police deliberately tampering with a Sat Nav device. Following a 13 week re-trial the jury returned a unanimous not guilty verdict. Counsel instructed by Matthew Bliss (solicitor with conduct) were Mark Milliken-Smith and Jonas Milner of 2 Bedford Row.
