Jeremy Dein

Jeremy Dein
Born (1960-06-29) June 29, 1960
Bow, London
Alma mater Queen Mary College
Occupation Barrister
Website http://www.25bedfordrow.com/site/people/profile/jeremy.dein

Jeremy Dein QC (born 29 June 1960) is an English barrister specializing in criminal defence.[1] He has defended many high profile cases, including Tulisa Contostavlos where he succeeded in persuading the trial judge to bring to an end the first ever case of non-state agent entrapment[2] The main prosecution witness, the “Fake Sheikh”, Mazher Mahmood, was referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions for possible perjury charges following Dein's cross-examination. Other high profile cases include McCluskie: The "EastEnders" case, where his defendant was accused of having murdered and dismembered Gemma McCluskie, his sister and a former EastEnders star.[3]

Career

Jeremy Dein was called to the Bar in 1982 and took Silk in 2003. He was appointed a Recorder on 2004. He became an Old Bailey recorder in 2016. Dein is listed in Band 1 Chambers directory, and Legal 500, in Criminal Silks 2017.[4] He is former Criminal Bar Association Director of education and has written and lectured in the UK, and internationally on criminal defence. He has conducted many homicide trials, predominantly at the Old Bailey.[5] He defends in every type of crime. He has appeared in numerous celebrity cases, having acted for Amy Winehouse's husband on serious charges.[6] He also defended Eric Joyce, MP[7] for Falkirk on charges of assault in the House of Commons.[8]

He practices from and is Joint Head of 25 Bedford Row Chambers who were recently voted 'Crime Set of the Year'. Dein was nominated for the prestigious award of Criminal Silk of the Year at the Chambers & Partners awards 2015. At the Chinese University of Hong Kong, he has featured in numerous international conferences and lectured in advocacy and mooting. He frequently features as a Criminal Justice expert and commentator on BBC radio, LBC and Talk Radio, where he regularly reviews the newspapers and contributes to criminal justice and human rights issues. Following involvement in numerous high-profile cases, In 2017, he was invited to speak at the Cambridge University Union on the topic of "Would the press sell its soul to sell newspapers?'

In 2015, Dein represented Tulisa Contostavlos, former X factor judge,[9] on charges of being concerned in the supply of cocaine. The case resulted in the first ever stay of proceedings in a non-state agent entrapment case in the UK.[10] Further, Mazher Mahmood, the “Fake Sheikh” at the centre of the Sun on Sunday sting as regards Miss Contostavlos, was suspended and remains under investigation.[11]

Murder, Mystery, and My Family

Along with Sasha Wass QC, Dein appears in the 2018 BBC1 series Murder, Mystery, and My Family, which examines historic criminal cases in order to determine if any of them resulted in a miscarriage of justice. Their submissions - Dein for the "defence" and Wass for the "prosecution" are then presented to Judge David Radford, who considers whether there are grounds to consider the convictions as being unsafe. Cases featured include those of Edward Devlin and Alfred Burns, John Dickman, Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters, and Herbert John Bennett.

Personal life

Dein was born in Bow, in the East End and grew up in Redbridge. He graduated from Queen Mary College, University of London in 1981.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Jeremy Dein QC at Celebrity Sightings in London". WLTX. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tulisa Trial: Reporter Denies Spiking Drink". Sky News. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Winehouse, Janis. Loving Amy: A Mother's Story. p. 10. ISBN 9781473508163.
  4. ↑ "The Legal 500 rankings". Legal 500. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Jeremy Dein QC Biography". LexisNexis. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Amy Winehouse's husband given 27-month jail sentence". New Musical Express. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Mickolus, Edward. Terrorism, 2008-2012: A Worldwide Chronology. McFarland. p. 134. ISBN 9781476614670.
  8. ↑ "Woman stabbed MP 'in revenge for Iraq war vote'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Tulisa's drink 'was SPIKED' as reporter got her talking about being a bad girl". Daily Star (United Kingdom). Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Tulisa Contostavlos Joyful Tulisa punches air as she walks free following dramatic drugs trial collapse". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Tulisa Contostavlos trial collapses over Mazher Mahmood's evidence". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Jeremy Dein QC". 25 Bedford Row. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
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