Alejandra Llorente Tascon

Selected Cases

R v K (Central Criminal Court) (Ongoing)

Alejandra is being led by Liam Walker of Doughty Street Chambers, in representing K, a well known rapper on the London rap music scene. K is charged with perverting the course of justice and possession of ammunition without a firearm certificate, following a gang related shooting on the Harrow Road in 2019.

R v MF (Lewes Crown Court) (Ongoing)

Alejandra is instructed as sole counsel to represent MF, who is charged with kidnap and rape of a six year old complainant. The Crown’s case is that MF snatched the 6 year old girl from outside of her home, dragged her to a nearby bushy area and raped her. The case will involve section 28 cross-examination and robust challenges of the identification evidence.

R v ME (Bournemouth Crown Court) (Ongoing)

Alejandra is instructed as sole counsel to represent MR, who is charged with attempted murder following a domestic incident during which it is alleged that ME strangled his mother as she slept and left her for dead.

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(Inner London Crown Court) (Ongoing)

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 AD (Bournemouth Crown Court) (2021)

Alejandra was led by James Newton-Price QC in representing AD who was charged with child destruction, wounding with intent, ABH and perverting the course of justice.

R v MMJ (a youth) (Woolwich Crown Court) (2021)

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(Kingston Crown Court)(2021)

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 (Winchester Crown Court) (2021)

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

R v CD (Salisbury Crown Court) (2020)

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 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 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.