CASES OF INTEREST AT THE OLD BAILEY ON FRIDAY

Court 1 at 10am trial in the case of two women, Vanessa Atim, 31, and Stella Oyella, 53, who are charged with funding terrorism.

Court 1 at 2pm Pre-trial review in case of Asad Sharif and eight others in relation to the murder of 18-year-old Abubakkar ‘Junior’ Jah in Newham, London SE in 2021 and an attempted murder that took place four days before.

Court 2 at 10.30am trial of Sheldon Rodrigues accused of the murder of Stephanie Hansen, who was found stabbed to death in her Haynes, Middlesex home

Court 2 at 2pm Sentence in the case of Chelsea Grant and another accused of the murder of 71 year old Susan Hawkey in North West London. The couple are also charged with fraud after going on a 14,000 pounds spending spree, using the victim’s bank cards. The victim’s body was found in a heavily decomposed state bound with brown parcel tape on the face and wrists.

Court 5 at 10.15am Case management in the case of Caudel Haughton, 19, charged with the murder of 20-year-old Filipe Oliveira, who was stabbed to death above some shops in south London

Court 6 at 10am trial in the case of Ka’mani Brightley-Donaldson and five others charged in connection with the death of Kacey Boothe,25, who suffered gun shot wounds to his neck and chest. 

Court 7 at 2pm trial of Joshua Jacques, who has admitted stabbing to death four members of the same family at a home in south London, but denies murder. He has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of NHS worker Dolet Hill, 64, her partner Denton Burke, 58, the daughter Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, and granddaughter Samantha Drummonds, 27.

Court 8 at 10am trial of Ayaanie Adan and others accused in relation to a double murder. The charges relate to the deaths of Saydi Abu Sheikh, 23, and Zakariya Jeilani Mohamed, 32, who were both shot dead in a house in Ilford, East London

Court 9 at 10am Case management in the case of Tyrese Barnett and others in relation to the murder of Tyler McDermott, 17, who was shot in the head in Tottenham, North London.

Court 10 at 10am trial of Matthew Yusuff and two other accused of murder. Adrian Keise,32, was stabbed to death in Lambeth, London SE

Court 12 at 10am Plea and trial preparation in the case of Muhammed Ahmed for 19 alleged breaches of notification requirements under the Counter Terrorism Act 2008. He is also charged with two offences of fraud by false representation.

Court 12 at 10.30am trial in the case of Theo Simon and others accused of murder.  Givani Espuet, 21, was stabbed to death during a mass brawl outside a restaurant in Sudbury, West London

Court 13 at 10am trial of Ashana Studholme and two others accused of murder. Shakira Spencer,35, was starved, tortured and battered to death in her flat in Ealing, west London, where her decomposed body was found by a neighbour, who noticed maggots crawling from the flat.

Court 14 at 10am trial in the case of Antonio Afflick-Mcleod and four others accused of murder. Iron Miah,40, was shot in the head in Whitechapel, East London

Court 14 at 10am Sentence in the case of Nabeel Hussain, who was jailed in 2014 for being the  “financier” of the transatlantic airliner liquid bomb plot. The convicted terrorist has been returned to court for breaching a notification order and handling stolen goods.

Court 14 at 2pm Sentence in the case of Paul Bryan accused of murdering a 63 year old man almost 40 years ago. Bryan,61, fatally stabbing Roman Szalajko in Roehampton, south-west London, on 7 February 1984 and then assumed his victim’s identity evading justice for 39 years.

Court 16 at 10am trial in the case of Hamza Abdi and five others accused of plotting to kill a man in Hackney last year.

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