Mr Oke graduated from Oxford University in 1976 and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1979.

He has nearly 30years experience as a barrister and his work has involved serious offences in crime including multiple murder, serious fraud, conspiracy and other serious crimes.

Among recent cases in which Mr Oke defended was a trial at Oxford Crown Court of a male nurse accused in relation to murder of patients, which was widely reported in the national press.

Over the past 10 years Olanrewaju Oke has established a strong reputation in defending multi-million pound allegations of fraud, many of which have been successful.