CASES OF INTEREST AT THE OLD BAILEY ON FRIDAY

Court 1 at 2pm Mention in the case of Abdirahman Abdullahi accused of murder. Ali Al Har,25, was stabbed to death with a 30cm combat knife in Tufnell Park, London.

Court 2 at 9.30am Plea and trial preparation in the case of Kurtis Freeman and five others charged after a 46 year old woman died in a house fire in Woolwich, London SE

Court 2 at 10am Sentence in the case of Lekan Akinsoji, who were found guilty of firearms offences after a gun was waved at police during a high speed car chase.

Court 2 Not sitting trial of Musa Duru accused of murder. Ismail Tanrikulu,22, was shot dead in Tottenham Cemetry in North London last September

Court 3 at 10.30am Plea and trial preparation in the case of William Kydd accused of murder. Carole Harrison, 73, was found dead after a fire at her home in Teddington on 22 August 2018.

Court 4 at 10am Sentence of Barry Levitt, 36, of Bromley, London SE, who strangled his 68-year-old Celia Levitt

Court 6 at 10am trial of Stacey Docharty and Gary Hopkins accused of murder. The decomposed body of teenager Abdi Ali,18, was found in an attic in a north London flat, where it is believed it had been hidden for eight months

Court 7 at 10.30am  trial continues of a 14 year old youth,who cannot be named because of his young age, Adesina Fashina and Christian Murphy, both 18, accused of murder. Drugs dealer Mark Fontaine, 41, was lured into an ambush and stabbed to death. The court heard he had refused to hand back a phone dropped by one of his alleged killers during a failed mugging days earlier

Court 8 at 10am trial continues of pilot Andrew Hill accused of the manslaughter of 11 men who died when his jet plane crashed onto a road during the Shoreham Air Show in 2015

Court 9 at 10am Preliminary hearing in the case of Fatah Abdullah charged with inciting an atrocity in Germany after he allegedly bought “explosive pre-cursors” online.

Court 9 Not sitting trial of Jack Renshaw and two others, who were members of a Neo- Nazi group called Nactional Action. Renshaw plotted to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper on behalf of the banned right wing group.

Court 10 at 10am trial of Kerry Donovan and Aaron Woolcock accused of murder. Leroy Junior Edwards, 66, was stabbed to death in Catford, London SE on 18 August 2018, suffering neck and chest wounds.

Court 11 at 10am Jury deliberating in the case of Obina Ezeoke, 25, who denies murdering Annie Ekofo, 53, and her nephew Bervil in their apartment in East Finchley, North London in September 2016. The pair were shot dead in a case of mistaken identity.

Court 12 at 10am  trial continues Kenneth Ife and six of his family members accused of the manslaughter of  26 year old son Kennedy. The victim, a marketing consultant, died of a heart attack after allegedly being restrained during an exorcism at the family home in Barnet, North London. It was believed the victim was possessed by a “snake demon”

Court 15 at 10am trial of Jack Stevens accused of stabbing to death Nashon Esbrand in Islington, North London.

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