Colman Treacy
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Sir Colman Maurice Treacy (born 28 July 1949), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Treacy, is a British High Court Judge.
He attended Stonyhurst College
and Jesus College, Cambridge
. In 1971 he was called to the Bar, Middle Temple, and appointed as QC
in 1990.
He presided at the trial of Faryadi Sarwar Zardad
and Colin Gunn. Gunn, a British mobster, received a 35 year sentence for conspiracy to murder. As Treacy pronounced sentence, Gunn told him to "Die of AIDS
".
Treacy also presided at the trial of two suspected Islamic terrorists "accused of plotting to cause 'terrorist' explosions in the UK". One of the two, Faisal Mostafa, was acquitted at this trial, while Moinul Abedin was convicted.
In 2010, he heard the case of the ₤1.7 million Heathrow warehouse robbery, involving four defendants - Twomey, Blake, Hibberd and Cameron - which was the first criminal trial in more than 300 years in Crown Court to be heard without a jury. He convicted all four men on 31 March 2010. This ended the 350 year precedent of all serious criminal charges in England and Wales being tried by judge and jury. The trial reportedly cost ₤25,000,000.
He attended Stonyhurst College
Stonyhurst College
Stonyhurst College is a Roman Catholic independent school, adhering to the Jesuit tradition. It is located on the Stonyhurst Estate near the village of Hurst Green in the Ribble Valley area of Lancashire, England, and occupies a Grade I listed building...
and Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
. In 1971 he was called to the Bar, Middle Temple, and appointed as QC
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
in 1990.
He presided at the trial of Faryadi Sarwar Zardad
Faryadi Sarwar Zardad
Faryadi Sarwar Zardad is a former Afghan warlord. In 2005 he was convicted in the United Kingdom where he was living, for conspiring to take hostages and conspiring to torture during the 1990s in Afghanistan.-War crimes:Born circa 1963, Faryadi Sarwar Zardad is Pashtun and a former Mujahideen...
and Colin Gunn. Gunn, a British mobster, received a 35 year sentence for conspiracy to murder. As Treacy pronounced sentence, Gunn told him to "Die of AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
".
Treacy also presided at the trial of two suspected Islamic terrorists "accused of plotting to cause 'terrorist' explosions in the UK". One of the two, Faisal Mostafa, was acquitted at this trial, while Moinul Abedin was convicted.
In 2010, he heard the case of the ₤1.7 million Heathrow warehouse robbery, involving four defendants - Twomey, Blake, Hibberd and Cameron - which was the first criminal trial in more than 300 years in Crown Court to be heard without a jury. He convicted all four men on 31 March 2010. This ended the 350 year precedent of all serious criminal charges in England and Wales being tried by judge and jury. The trial reportedly cost ₤25,000,000.