Alejandra Llorente Tascon

Selected Cases

R v AD (Bournemouth Crown Court) (Ongoing)

Alejandra is being led by James Newton-Price QC in representing AD who is charged with child destruction, wounding with intent and robbery.

R v MB & GB (Salisbury Crown Court) (Ongoing)

Alejandra is being led by Mark Ruffell, in the prosecution of two defendants charged with fraud, multiple counts of theft and wilful neglect, arising out of their supply of care services to a large number of vulnerable adults. It is alleged that MB and GB were overcharging for the provision of care and that they were stealing money from the vulnerable adults.

R v JZ & Others (Ongoing) (Inner London Crown Court)

Alejandra is instructed as sole counsel to represent JZ, who is one of 10 Defendants, alleged to have been involved in a large scale employment fraud.

R v MB (Preston Crown Court) (Ongoing)

Alejandra is being led by Sarah Jones QC in representing MB who is charged with multiple counts of assault of a child under 13 years by penetration and attempted rape.

R v MMJ (a youth) (Ongoing) (Woolwich Crown Court)

Alejandra is instructed as sole counsel to represent MMJ who faces charges of attempted murder and unlawful wounding with intent following a gang-related stabbing.

R v ARF (2021) (Kingston Crown Court)

Alejandra represented the Defendant, who was charged with one count of Rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count of voyeurism. The Crown’s case was that after a night out at Viper Rooms in Kingston, the Defendant went back to the complainant’s address, uninvited, and while the complainant slept, he touched the complainant’s clitoris, twice, and then proceeded to rape her and take photographs of her naked body, as she laid in bed asleep. It was alleged that the incidents took place in front of the complainant’s friend, who also slept in the room.

Following a four day trial, Alejandra secured unanimous Not Guilty verdicts on all counts.

R v AB (2020) (Winchester Crown Court)

Alejandra was led by Sarah Jones QC in representing AB who was charged with Manslaughter and Attempted Robbery.

R v CD (2020) (Salisbury Crown Court)

Alejandra’s client, an ex-soldier, was facing section 20 GBH charges arising out of a fight in a pub.

Following a week-long trial, the thorough cross-examination of the 5 prosecution eye-witnesses and a confession by the Defendant at the police interview, Alejandra’s client was acquitted of all counts on the indictment.

R v AB (2020) (Bournemouth Crown Court)

Alejandra represented a Defendant charged with Perverting the Course of Justice by making a false allegation to the police to assist a friend with a fraudulent car insurance claim.

Following guilty pleas and Alejandra’s persuasive plea in mitigation, the Defendant was sentenced to a conditional discharge.

R v R (2019) (Hove Crown Court)

Following Alejandra’s vigorous cross-examination of the complainant, the judge stopped the case and R was acquitted of all counts on the indictment.

R was charged with section 18 wounding with intent to cause GBH and attempted section 18 wounding with intent to cause GBH. It was alleged that following a one-on-one fight with the complainant, R had stabbed the complainant in the face with a kitchen knife and attempted to throw hot oil over him.

R v H (2019) (Swindon Crown Court)

Alejandra represented H before the Crown Court at Swindon facing charges of sexual assault. It was alleged that H had followed a 15-year old girl on her way to school and while on a small and isolated road, H lifted up the complainant’s school skirt and touched her buttocks. The complainant picked out H in an ID parade and made various statements to the police describing the perpetrator. There were a number of other ID witnesses in this matter.

Following a finding of unfitness to plead and Alejandra’s robust challenging of the prosecution’s identification evidence, the jury returned Not Guilty verdicts.

R v SM (2019) (Swindon Crown Court)

Alejandra represented SM charged with 4 counts of making indecent images of children, 1 count of possessing a paedophile manual and 1 count of extreme pornography.

Following his guilty plea on all counts, Alejandra persuaded the judge to impose a suspended sentence despite the severity and extreme nature of the paedophile manual.

R v P (2019) (Southampton Crown Court)

Alejandra represented P at a 3 day trial for having a bladed article, namely a knife, and affray.

The Crown’s case was reliant on numerous eye witnesses and a bad character application for recent similar offences. After the successful exclusion of the bad character and the thorough cross-examination of the Crown’s witnesses, the jury acquitted P after 30 minutes of deliberations.

London Borough Council of Barking & Dagenham v AM & Others (2019) (Snaresbrook Crown Court)

Following a 3-week trial with four defendants, Alejandra’s client – the second defendant – was acquitted of offences under the perjury act.