Penny Muir was instructed in a case in which there was an allegation of importation of a large quantity of the Class A drug crystal methylamphetamine. This was transported into the country by a third party from Iran, who subsequently tragically died when a lethal quantity of the drug, which had been carried in condoms and swallowed by him, burst and therefore entered his body.

The prosecution alleged that Penny Muir’s client was the organiser of this drug’s importation into the UK, and, if he had been convicted, there is no doubt that the sentencing judge would have regarded the death of the third party as an aggravating feature, and a lengthy sentence would have been imposed. However, after a five-day trial, Penny Muir’s client was acquitted unanimously by the jury at the Isleworth Crown Court.