Sarah Knight
Called 1996 – Middle Temple
University of Westminster – Diploma in Law
University of Nottingham – BA (Hons) in French with German
Grade 4 Prosecutor since 2007
Rape specialist
Languages: French, German & Italian
Sarah is regularly instructed in some of the most serious and complex cases of sexual and violent offences.
She is repeatedly instructed to act in cases involving the need for Counsel who inspires confidence in vulnerable defendants and witnesses, especially young defendants and young witnesses.
Sarah is noted for her sensitive but firm handling of cases involving emotive issues and regularly deals with complex medical and scientific issues, requiring meticulous preparation. She has been instructed as junior counsel on a number of murder cases.
Areas of work:
Murder and Manslaughter
Causing Death by Dangerous Driving
Violence and Public Disorder
Domestic Violence
Rape and Sexual Offences including Indecent Images of Children
Child Cruelty
Financial Crime including Fraud, Money Laundering and Confiscation
Robbery and burglary
Drugs
Sarah also has considerable experience in dealing with cases involving juveniles, adults with mental health and learning difficulties, and also in dealing with cases requiring the use of interpreters.
Cases conducted by Sarah include:
R –v- Assani & Others – led junior in murder with co-accused attempting to pervert the course of justice
R –v- Hamblett-Sewell & Others – led junior in gang related murder
R –v- Cheetham – led junior in murder of taxi driver at Cromford Railway Station
R –v- Hickling – led junior in baby manslaughter
R –v- Byard – led junior in toddler murder – case resurrected from 20 years earlier
R –v- Wilkinson – led junior in murder of cellmate in prison, aggravated by sexual motive
R –v- Brown – led junior in double murder of vulnerable victims
R –v Beresford – postmistress accused of theft
R – v- Boddington – rape after drunken night
R –v- Newman – serial sexual abuse of young female relatives
R –v- Hough – serial armed robbery at gunpoint of pharmacies and other retail premises
R –v- Simms – convicted sex offender grooming young boys after befriending them through a local football supporters group
R –v- Murray – armed robbery in the mid 80s of a small Lloyds bank in Cromford as featured on Crimewatch in the mid 80s
R –v- Harrison – hospital doctor threatening to kill, perverting the course of justice and pursuing a course of sustained harassment against a colleague
R –v- Grosvenor – police officer perverting the course of justice by speaking with jurors about a case that they were trying
R –v- Torr – care worker accused of ill-treating residents
R –v-Reed, Reed & Brown – targeted robbery of high street bank in Derby by gang from Liverpool
Member of the Criminal Bar Association
Member of the Midland Circuit
Chairman of the Nottingham Bar Mess
