Daniel Sawyer
Year of Call: 2001
Email Address: [email protected]
CJSM: [email protected]
Telephone: 01962 868 884
Clerk Details
- Clerk Name: Stuart Pringle
- Clerk Telephone: 01962 868 884
- Clerk Email: [email protected]
Crime
Daniel Sawyer is a criminal law specialist who is instructed in the full range of criminal cases, including murder, violence, drug supply, sexual offences and multi-handed conspiracies, as well as causing death by dangerous or careless driving. He has been instructed alone, as a led junior and as leading junior.
His cases often involve mobile phone and other location data evidence, as well as many different sources of evidence, where he is known for his ability to explain large amounts of evidence and technical matters in simple terms.
He is also regularly instructed in serious sexual offences, particularly with young or vulnerable witnesses.
Daniel has extensive experience in dealing with expert witnesses and technical points of evidence. This includes: drugs experts (police and defence); mobile phone location evidence; computer evidence; medical and psychiatric evidence (including cross-examining psychiatrists as to a defendant’s capacity); forensic experts, including DNA, fingerprints, footwear, fibres and glass fragments; accident reconstruction in fatal road traffic collisions.
Daniel often trains expert and professional witnesses, including:
- Training and assessment of police drugs experts on behalf of Sussex and Hampshire Constabularies
- Training of communications data analysts on behalf of Hampshire Constabulary, with particular emphasis on location data and attribution of mobile phones
- Annual training at the University of Winchester for doctors, covering the court process and cross-examination.
Daniel has a strong background in the armed forces and is involved with a charity that provides rehabilitation for veterans with PTSD through riding and conservation. He has a particular interest in representing current and former members of HM Armed Forces.
Cases
R v SN: Murder of a 13 year-old girl, as well as raping her when she was 12. This case involved detailed forensic evidence and evidence of mobile phone location that was described as groundbreaking by the expert witness, including tracing the GPS location of a phone that had not been recovered.
R v DFC and others: prosecuting a 9 handed conspiracy to supply class A drugs (county lines), including arguments about child exploitation.
R v DM and others: prosecuting 12 defendants across 3 different indictments, all accused of travelling to Hampshire from London and stealing tools from vans, transporting the to London and selling them on. This case involved mobile phone location evidence, CCTV and ANPR evidence. The case resulted in lengthy sentences and over £300,000 in confiscated assets.
R v MS and another (ongoing): defending a father accused of shaking his 6 week old daughter, causing her serious injury. This case involves a wide range of medical expert evidence.
R v AS and others: leading junior for the prosecution in a 12 handed conspiracy to supply class A drugs (county lines).
R v JB: successful defence of a man accused of raping his ex-partner. He made a full confession in interview but later claimed that he only did so because the complainant threatened to withhold contact with their child.
R v DS: prosecuting causing death by careless driving. This case involved detailed accident reconstruction evidence from experts on both sides.
R v CR: successful defence of a foster parent accused of sexual assault on his 17 year old foster daughter, who had secretly recorded him apologising to her for doing so.
R v WG and CD: successful prosecution of two defendants charged with a series of armed robberies of small businesses. This case involved cell site and ANPR evidence and identification from clothing.
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We are delighted to announce that the King has appointed 3PB’s criminal barrister Daniel Sawyer (pictured here) to be a Circuit Judge with effect from Monday 4 November. Daniel has been deployed to the Western Circuit and will be based at Portsmouth Crown Court. Called to the Bar in 2001, Daniel Sawyer has been a Recorder for the last four years. With over 20 years’ experience at the Bar, Daniel is a barrister who was...
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3PB’s barristers and staff from our Winchester centre welcomed Samuel Townend KC last week (Friday 12 July) as part of his visit to the Western Circuit. 3PB members were keen to discuss Samuel’s priorities for his term which include addressing chronic underfunding across jurisdictions and the courts estate, promoting diversity, removing unnecessary regulatory burdens on the profession, and tackling inadequate and unequal pay. Samuel was Co-Chair of the Legal Services Committee (LSC) and Chair of...
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3PB property and financial remedies barrister Louise Worton and criminal law barrister Daniel Sawyer have today both been appointed Recorders in the announcement today, 7 October 2020, from the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Louise Worton (call: 2000) will be sitting on the South Eastern Circuit dealing with Family matters. Louise has also recently been appointed as a part-time judicial office holder in the First Tier Tribunal, in the South Eastern area, sitting in the Social...
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