Anthony Pettengell

Awards & Scholarships

Lord Denning Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn, 2016-17)

Hardwicke Entrance Award (Lincoln’s Inn, 2016-17)

Dean’s Scholarship for Academic Excellence (Nottingham Law School 2016-17)

Wolfson Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn, 2017-18)

Bursary Award for Excellence in Advocacy (Criminal Bar Association, 2017-18)

R v DG (2026) – prosecution for s.18 wounding with intent, conviction after trial of DG, a category A prisoner who attacked a fellow inmate.

R v DH, JR (2026) – prosecution for s.18 wounding with intent. After careful cross-examination, D1 resiled from his account in chief and adopted a cut-throat defence. Convictions obtained against both defendants.

R v KM (2025) – sole prosecution counsel for class A drugs case based on communications evidence and surveillance from undercover officers (5 ultimately called, after significant pre-trial work to narrow issues and settle agreed facts).

R v NE & Ors (2024) – led prosecution junior in a 4-handed drugs & firearms trial. Subsequently sole prosecution counsel at the Court of Appeal for NE, sentence of 15.5 years upheld.

R v MB, SB (2024) – led prosecution junior, on a case where a van had been driven into 5 people. MB, the driver, convicted of murder, 4x attempt murder and PCOJ. SB convicted of manslaughter, 3x s.20 GBH and PCOJ. Made legal submissions on a technical point that arose relating to an alternative verdict proposed by the High Court judge.

R v AH (2024) – led prosecution junior, AH convicted of murder, attempt murder and s.18 wounding, re three different victims in the course of a week, one of whom was reluctant to give evidence. Life with a 36-year tariff.

R v RSL (2024) – led prosecution junior, conviction after trial at TCC for murder. Sentenced to life with a 14-year tariff.

R v AR & GR (2024) – 5-month-old baby with 5 fractures, trial at TCC for causing serious injury to a child and for one defendant s.18 GBH with intent. Sole prosecution counsel, navigated and resolved emergent disclosure issues, and called expert evidence from a consultant paediatrician and consultant paediatric radiologist. Secured convictions on all counts.

R v JR (2023) – secured convictions against a defendant who had defrauded two vulnerable victims multiple times. The prosecution relied on a hearsay account for half the indictment, after one 99-year-old complainant sadly passed away prior to trial.

R v RC & LS (2022 & 2023) – led prosecution junior in a trial at NCC for importation of 115kg cocaine (wholesale value £4,025,000).

R v CD & Ors (2022) – led prosecution junior in a 6-handed trial at TCC for firearms and drugs offences. 

R v JA & Ors (2021) – led defence junior for D1 in a 7-handed trial at NCC for conspiracy to supply cocaine and amphetamine as part of an alleged OCG, in a trial lasting 22 weeks.

HBC v AD; AD&SHI Ltd (2021) – secured convictions for CPUTR 2008 offences against the defendant and his company. The trial involved a series of legal arguments.

Insolvency Service v DB; CB (2021) – successful prosecution against two defendants who had obtained a £15,500 loan from a vulnerable friend without disclosing their state of bankruptcy.

R v JS & Ors (2020) – defended one of three jointly charged with a commercial burglary, trial at TCC. Successful half-time submission on inadequacy of the ID.

R v TH (2020) – defended a youth for assisting an offender, where the index offence was death by dangerous driving. The issue for trial was ID, but the case concluded with a successful half-time submission on a technical point.

MBC v SA (2020) – successful prosecution for offences under Food Safety and Hygiene Regulations 2013 and the CPUTR 2008. Complimented on his presentation of the case.