Another Great Success for Lewis Nedas

Siobhain Egan recently represented an individual accused of blackmail. The alleged victim is a man currently on parole after having been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of seventeen years for a drugs conspiracy.

He alleged that our client had blackmailed him concerning a sum of £1.75 million which, according to the alleged victim, was the value of the drugs in his prosecution. The alleged victim then attempted to withdraw the allegation stating that a member of his family who lived in Northern Cyprus had been threatened. Unfortunately for him, the relative was in London at the time and before he returned to Cyprus he voluntarily swore an affidavit denying that he had been threatened by anyone. This was forwarded to the CPS who still wished to proceed with the prosecution against our client.

We then discovered that the alleged victim had not been full and frank concerning his confiscation statement and identified his beneficial interest in a property company with substantial assets. We again put this to the CPS who insisted that they intended to proceed.

Our client denied any involvement in this allegation all along and eventually, some five and a half months later on the day of trial, he was released when the CPS finally dropped the prosecution against him.