What the Prosecution Alleged
Allegations — Not ProvenThe prosecution alleged that Mr Gouled was the ringleader of the "Chuckling Squad," a cybercrime group. He was arrested on 9 February 2021 in connection with the alleged hacking of the Metropolitan Police's Twitter account, among other offences. The case involved extensive legal argument before and during trial on hearsay, admissibility, and disclosure — as well as cross-examination of a cyber expert regarding devices seized from Mr Gouled's home. In week four of the trial, the judge upheld a defence application to stay the proceedings as an abuse of process, finding that the prosecution's approach to disclosure in relation to central evidence was fundamentally deficient. The prosecution appealed that decision to the Court of Appeal but, following service of the defence response, abandoned its appeal entirely. Mr Gouled was acquitted of all six counts.
Barristers John Ojakovoh and Mahesh Karu of 2 Harcourt Buildings successfully defended Mr Gouled after four weeks of trial at Wood Green Crown Court. Their client had been alleged to be the leader of a cybercrime group known as the "Chuckling Squad" and to have hacked the social media accounts of three North American celebrities using SIM swapping, distributed private sexual photographs obtained from one of the accounts, and supplied tools for use in cybercrime. After week four, the judge acceded to a defence application to stay the proceedings as an abuse of process, based on deficiencies in the prosecution's approach to disclosure in relation to central evidence. The prosecution appealed the judge's decision to the Court of Appeal but, following service of the defence response, abandoned its appeal — following which the client was acquitted of all six counts.
Record Summary
At a GlanceWhat Is Doxing & Swatting?
Essential ContextPublishing a person's private information — name, address, phone number, email — online without consent, typically on sites such as Doxbin. This makes the information available to anyone who wishes to impersonate, harass, or frame that individual.
Making false emergency reports to police — bomb threats, violent incidents — using a victim's real identity and address, causing armed officers to be deployed to the victim's home. The aim is to have the victim arrested and their devices seized.
From September 2019, my personal details — including my name, date of birth, address, and email addresses — were published on Doxbin. This triggered a sustained campaign of false reports and hoax threats sent in my name, resulting in repeated armed police raids at my home and multiple arrests.
Case Records
Full DocumentationBomb threats were sent to multiple London schools in February 2020 using email addresses and personal details that had been published on the Doxbin website without my knowledge or consent from September 2019. Following my arrest, a full investigation was conducted including download and review of multiple seized electronic devices. Police confirmed my details were publicly available on Doxbin and had been used by third parties. The investigating DS concluded there was no realistic prospect of conviction and authorised No Further Action.
A terrorism-related arrest resulted in no further action. This incident and the neighbour hostility that followed — including verbal abuse directed at my family — forced us to relocate our home. This is documented in the Particulars of Claim filed in the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division (Administrative Court) against the Crown Prosecution Service.
I was arrested in February 2021 but not charged until February 2024 — a delay of approximately four years. The proceedings before Wood Green Crown Court were characterised by repeated and serious disclosure failures, criticised by Her Honour Judge Deacon KC. On 11 November 2025 the proceedings were stayed as an abuse of process. The Crown Prosecution Service subsequently abandoned its appeal. I have since brought a claim in the High Court against the CPS for breaches of my rights under Articles 6 and 8 ECHR.
Additional arrest records covering the full period 2019–2023 can be provided upon request. All 15 arrests resulted in no conviction.
Chronological Timeline
Sequence of EventsMy Statement
First-Person AccountFrom the age of 16, my personal information was published online by people who intended to harm me. What followed were years of armed police raids at my family home, repeated arrests, a forced relocation, and a prosecution that lasted years before being thrown out by a judge as an abuse of process. In every single case — across 15 arrests — there has been no conviction, because I did not commit these offences. The police's own records confirm that my identity was stolen and used to make hoax threats. I am publishing this page because I have a right to correct the record, and because the truth matters.