Barok van Zieks was a legendary English prosecutor. He was known as the "Death God of the Old Bailey" due to the fact that all defendants that he had prosecuted would supposedly wind up dying in some way or another, regardless of their innocence or guilt. This "curse" eventually led to a five-year leave of absence. Upon his return, he prosecuted trials against
Naruhodou Ryuunosuke.
Barok was not "Death God of the Old Bailey" and was arrested as a suspect in the Tobias Gregson murder while pursuing its identity. After the case closed, it was revealed that he was Iris Watson's uncle.