| Honorific-Prefix: | His Honour |
| Judge Martin Stephens | |
| Office1: | Circuit judge |
| Term Start1: | 1986 |
| Term End1: | 1999 |
| Appointer1: | Elizabeth II |
| Office2: | Crown Court Recorder |
| Term Start2: | 1979 |
| Term End2: | 1986 |
| Birth Date: | 1939 6, df=y |
| Residence: | London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation: | Judge |
Stephen Martin Stephens (26 June 1939 – 15 April 2024) was a British judge.[1] He was called to Bar in 1963 and took Silk in 1982. He was appointed a Recorder in 1979, as a Circuit Judge in 1986 and then appointed a Judge of the Central Criminal Court in 1999.[2] He was a former member of the Parole Board of England and Wales.[3] Stephens died on 15 April 2024, at the age of 84.[4]
In January 2009 Stephens presided over the trial of James Hopkins accused of murdering Ms Browne, a transsexual prostitute based in Marylebone.[5] Hopkins was found guilty of the murder of Browne who had a number of celebrities among her clients.[6] Prosecuting Hopkins, barrister for the prosecution commented: "There is some evidence that Ms Browne did have some clients who were in the public eye."[7] The court heard that Hopkins' palm prints were found on the Sun and another publication in a plastic bag on the floor.[8] Browne lived in a flat at 6b Gosfield Street, Marylebone, London, and advertised for clients in phone kiosks and newspapers including the Sunday Sport.[9] Police launched a murder inquiry after Browne's body was found in her central London flat in W1 on 28 February 1997.[10]