Sir Richard Henry Quixano Henriques (born 27 October 1943) is a British retired lawyer and[1] judge who was a Justice of the High Court of England and Wales.
In 1993, Henriques acted as lead prosecution counsel in the James Bulger Murder Trial, during which he successfully rebutted the principle of doli incapax, which at the time presumed that young children could not be held legally responsible for their actions.
[4][5] In 1999, he prosecuted serial killer Dr Harold Shipman for the murders of fifteen patients in his care.
[1] In February 2016 Henriques was asked by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe to conduct an independent review of the Metropolitan Police Service's handling of non-recent sexual offence allegations against persons of public importance.
His report, published in October 2016, made 25 recommendations on the future conduct of such investigations.