Russell Pyne
CALLED TO BAR: 1991
INN OF COURT: Inner Temple (Advocacy Award)
EDUCATION: LLB (Bristol)
PRACTICE AREAS: Criminal Law, Courts Martial

• Western Circuit
• Criminal Bar Association
• Direct Public Access: authorised to accept direct public access work directly from a member of the public or organisation

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Russell Pyne has eighteen years of experience of advocacy in the criminal courts.  He defends and prosecutes in almost equal measure, and enjoys acting as a Leading Junior, being led by Queen's Counsel or acting alone.

His areas of speciality include cases involving serious sexual and physical violence, including homicide, as well as types of fraud; 

Russell has particular expertise in cases where sensitive handling of vulnerable witnesses and defendants is required.  Many of his cases involve child witnesses.

Russell is an approved pupil master.

In the last two years Russell's cases have included

• R v C and others - acting as a Leading Junior, prosecuting a seven week trial of nine youths accused of Section 18 GBH and violent disorder.
• Operation Lamb - acting for a senior police officer accused of misfeasance in a public office and perverting the course of justice.
• R v L - defending a man accused of a £35,000 confidence fraud of a vulnerable victim.
• Operation Topic - defending one of twelve defendants accused of the kidnap and false imprisonment, over a four day period, of a  businessman, with the demand of a £1 million ransom.
• R v K - defending a police officer accused of raping his daughter.
• R v F - acting as junior to Queen's Counsel in a three week trial of a man accused of raping his own four children.
• R v C - prosecuting a two week trial of historic allegation of indecency, acting against Queen's Counsel.
• R v M - acting alone, prosecuting an allegation of causing death by dangerous driving.
• Operation Crossbow - acting as Leading Junior in a seven week trial, for a woman accused of allowing her own children to be sexually assaulted by her husband and his friends.