Barrister profiles

Beth Crocker

2006

Beth primarily defends but is also instructed to prosecute. She conducts Crown Court trials both alone and as led junior and her work encompasses a wide range of offences including drugs offences, offences against the person, public order offences and fraud / dishonesty offences. Beth is experienced in work involving young offenders, handling trials involving difficult clients and young witnesses giving evidence by video-link.
Beth also represents pharmacists appearing before the Pharmaceutical Tribunal and is trained in Prison Law. Beth is a former winner of Middle Temple Monroe Memorial Debating Competition.

Notable Cases:

R v SP (2011) – Arson, reckless as to whether life is endangered - Led Junior

R v AB (2011) – Multi-handed conspiracy to defraud

R v BL (2010) – Multi-handed youth robbery. Case thrown out after successful half time submission

R v NB (2009) - Trafficking women for the purposes of sexual exploitation
Led junior

R v DC (2009) – Domestic Violence ABH

R v LS (2009) – Possessing and using counterfeit currency

R v AG (2009) – Incitement to commit ABH.

R v A (2009) - Large scale public order offence involving hammer attack
Led Junior

R v M (2008) - £5 million heroin importation
Led Junior

R v GM (2008) - conducted the confiscation proceedings for the largest ever UK opium importation prior to 2008.

News

Kyri Argyropoulos & Beth Crocker’s clients avoid immediate custody in "Crash for Cash" fraud
Representing FK and AB Kyri and Beth successfully argued that, despite the aggravating factors of the potential for serious injury and the drain on the NHS and legal system, their clients fell within the non-immediate custodial band of sentence.
12 October 2011
Stella Reynolds and Beth Crocker Successfully Secure the Only Acquittal in a Multi-Handed Case
22 June 2009