Mark Cotter KC, leading Dan Jones, prosecuted Operation Zetland, a murder investigation that started following a stabbing in broad daylight in Maindee on 14 May 2024.

The prosecution case was based on a painstaking analysis of CCTV (including CCTV of the murder itself) and telephone material. The Defendant, David Sisman, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 24 years’ imprisonment.

The BBC have released a documentary on the case, which is available on BBC iPlayer.

Authors

Mark Cotter KC

Call 1994 | Silk 2017

Daniel Jones

Call 2013