Abbey Solicitors
SRA Logo
Legal 500 Logo 2025

Call us free on

0800 032 7005

SRA Logo

Call us free on

0800 032 7005

Abbey Solicitors were instructed for the only Defendant of Cregan’s nine Co-Defendants who actually discharged a firearm, in this four murder, four attempted murder, and explosives trial that lasted for four months before Holroyde J. at Preston Crown Court. With unprecedented security, this trial was a public spectacle from beginning to end, with media scrutiny from the outset. Numerous novel legal arguments were necessary involving hearsay, bad character, etc. involving victims, witnesses, co-defendants, on the same indictment but on different murder allegations. Much of the evidence was electronically presented with substantial cell-site and CCTV evidence often presented in animation on computer screens before the jury.

For more information on this case, you can visit the following websites:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-21321496 
http://mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/20039387-%E2%80%98kill-or-be-killed%E2%80%99-anthony-wilkinson-claimed-victim-had-threatened-him-and-his-fam 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-19456787