William Donnelly

Name: William Donnelly
Year of call/admission: 1981

Practice Areas: Serious Crime / Serious Fraud / Serious Sexual Offences

Email: maria@kenworthysbarristers.co.uk

Practice:

Bill joins Chambers with almost 25 years prosecution experience for the CPS.

As a Crown Advocate he has prosecuted trials for:

wounding with intent and lesser assaults
robbery
public order offences
burglary
dangerous driving
possession of Class A drugs with intent
breach of protective orders, and
fraud

He also has many years experience of prosecuting drink/drive cases.

He prosecuted Operation Rosebud from pre-charge to conviction and sentence at Crown Court (Class A drugs, burglary and handling).

As Divisional Crown Prosecutor for Bolton and Wigan he was lead lawyer for Operation Waddington (Class A drugs and firearms) and Operation Ore (child internet abuse) amongst others.

He has also appeared at the Court of Appeal in sentencing cases.

Notable cases:

R v Otoo & Others (Operation Rosebud)
R v Webb & Others (Operation Waddington)
R v McNulty & Others (Operation Ore)

Appointments:

Member of CPS national working party on internet abuse.

Lecture experience:

Magistrates' Association lecturer

National lecturer for CPS Training Division