3PB Stephen Parish successfully prosecutes man for attempted murder
8th May 2017
Stephen Parish successfully prosecuted Dler Mohammed for attempting to kill his brother's partner by stabbing her in the back in a Portsmouth shopping centre. Mohammed was sentenced to 19 years imprisonment at Portsmouth Crown Court.
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