In the News: overviews of the cases of John Worboys and Jon Venables.
5th March 2018
Criminal barristers Thomas Evans and Graham Gilbert provide overviews of the sentencing in the case of Black Cab rapist John Worboys and in the case of Jon Venables.
To read their analyses, please click here.
To view Thomas Evans' profile, follow this link.
Graham Gilbert's profile can be found here.
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