Gregory Perrins

Practice
Gregory Perrins specialises in serious crime. He prosecutes and defends across the South Eastern Circuit.

His practice includes serious violent and sexual assault, rape, child sex offences, large scale drugs cases and all aspects of white-collar crime and serious fraud.

He has appeared as junior counsel for both the prosecution and the defence in several cases of murder, attempted murder and solicitation to murder. He was counsel first instructed in the case of Steve Wright, the “Suffolk Strangler”.

He appeared as leading counsel in the case of “Son of God”, the head of the largest international paedophile ring prosecuted on Circuit as well as leading counsel in a large-scale conspiracy to supply drugs in Suffolk.

Gregory Perrins has particular experience of representing children who commit serious offences including attempted murder, child abduction and rape.

He has prosecuted and defended several serious multi-million pound frauds and has been instructed as junior counsel by the CPS Fraud Prosecution Service in the case of £2.5 million fraud on the NHS. He also has experience of large-scale confiscation work and was counsel in the leading authority on extending time for compliance with a confiscation order.

In the recent past he has been instructed as leading counsel by the CPS Complex Case Unit in the successful prosecution of 8 defendants involved in 3 interlinked conspiracies to steal good worth in excess of £400k.

Since 2003 he has prosecuted regulatory offences on behalf of the Office of Communications (Ofcom) across the United Kingdom. He also has experience of defending regulatory offences brought by the Health & Safety Executive and the Environment Agency.

Notable Cases

R –v- Fiddes & Ors
2009 Ipswich Crown Court (with Quinton Newcomb). Leading prosecuting counsel in case of 8 defendants involved in 3 interlinked conspiracies to steal goods worth in excess of £400k. For report click here  

R v Caunter, Caunter & Brown
Prosection: Junior prosecuting counsel in case of murder and assisting an offender

R v Rahim
Prosection: Junior prosecuting counsel in case of Iraqi gangland murder

R v Quinton
Prosection: Junior prosecuting counsel in case of wife soliciting murder of husband

R v W
Defence: Junior defence counsel in case of 15-year-old charged with attempting to murder her parents

R v C
Defence: Defence counsel in case of 15-year-old boy abducting and sexually abusing toddlers

R v M
Defence: Defence counsel in case of 16-year-old boy charged with raping an elderly neighbour

R v A
Defence: Defence counsel in case of 13-year-old boy repeatedly raping his 5 year old brother

R v Cox
2007 Ipswich Crown Court – defending with Quinton Newcomb representing the self-styled “Son of God” - the head of an international paedophile ring. Click on this link for report

R v Greenacre [2007] EWHC 1193 (Admin)
Leading authority on extending time for compliance with CJA confiscation orders

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