What's on at the Old Bailey Today

Cases of interest at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, May 17

Court 1 at 10.30am Jury expected to retire of Robert Rhodes, accused of murdering his 38 year old wife, Dawn, by slitting her throat after he found out she was having an affair

Court 3 at 10.30am New trial of  Ashwin Gohill allegedly emailed a link to a speech by Iraqi jihadi Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi – the leader of so called Islamic State. He also shared a PDF of a banned document titled ‘The rule of consulting the Prophet’, it is claimed.

Court 5  at 10am trial continues of Naweed Ali and three others accused of terrorism. The four were arrested after a car was stopped and a meat cleaver was found with the word “kafir” scratched on the blade. They are accused of preparing acts of terrorism last summer.

Court 6 at 10.45am trial continues of Viktoria Tautz, a Hungarian child minder, who allegedly caused fatal head injuries to a 10 month old boy she was caring for.  It is claimed she either shook or hit the tot.

Court 7 at 10.30am trial continues of Ridwaan Shaikh accused of murdering Bradley Cresswell,21, who was beaten to death in the street in Watford during a night out.

Court 9 at 10.30am trial continues of pensioner David Harris,68, who tried to hire a hitman to kill his wealthy TV scriptwriter partner so he could inherit her estate and run off with his younger lover.

Court 10am trial continues of Raycey McDonald accused of attempting to murder a 24 year old man he tried to rob in a car park. The victim was stabbed in Sutton, Surrey

Court 11 at 10.30am trial continues of Martin Gutaj and his upmarket property firm Martinisation (London) Ltd. following the death of two of his workers, who died when they plunged from a balcony while hoisting a sofa up to an exclusive £7 million flat in Cadogan Square, central London.

Court 12 at 10.30am trial continues of Andrw Beadie accused of attempting to murder a plain clothed police officer. The victim was repeatedly stabbed.

Court 13 at 10am trial continues of Russian banker Andrey Ryjenko and his sister,Tatjana Sanderson , who allegedly received bribes totalling £2.2 million to gain funding from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development for his Russian and UK clients

Court 14 at 10am New trial of Sugan Sothilingham and three others accused of murder and attempted murder following a mass axe, sword and machete brawl in a Mitcham, South London carpark. Justin Neel Croos,26, died of head injuries.

Court 15 at 10am  trial  of Abukar Bana and others accused of murder. Raja Rashid Ali,33, was stabbed 13 times outside a supermarket in Dagenham, Essex.

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