G was jointly charged, along with two others, with murder. The deceased was a drug user and had purchased drugs from G and one of his co-defendants previously. Both G and his co-defendant accepted that they were drug dealers and the murder occurred when the deceased complained about the quality of drugs he had been supplied with. A confrontation took place, during which the deceased was stabbed.
Both G and his co-defendant were blamed each other for the murder. After considering the evidence the jury convicted the co-defendant of murder and convicted G of manslaughter. The co-defendant received a sentence of life imprisonment with a recommendation of serving 30 years. G received a sentence of 9 years for manslaughter. Ian Henderson QC of Farringdon Chambers led Andel Singh, Solicitor Advocate Stryders