Case Study

Our client was charged with criminal damage. Our client suffered from complex mental health illnesses which contributed to their offending and had already paid restitution for the damages caused shortly after the incident. We were able to negotiate with the prosecution – advising them of the circumstances around our client’s offending, as well as the efforts they had already made to pay for the damages – and managed to successfully withdraw the charge. At the hearing, the matter was formally struck out by the Magistrate.