Cases of interest at the Bailey on Thursday

Court 1 at 10am Patrick Ruane, an alleged anti-vax conspiracy theorist, who is said to have issued a rallying call on Telegram for a “kill squad” to shoot people involved in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout and burn “Big Pharma” to the ground

Court 5 at 10am trial of a 17 year old, who cannot be named as he is aged under 18, accused of murder. The victim 16 year old Harry Pitman was stabbed to death after accidentally bumping into a stranger. The teenager on trial allegedly claims the killing was an accident and he was acting in self defence.

Court 7 at 10am trial of Elijah Seriki and two other youths accused of attempted murder after a 23 year old man was stabbed in London Fields, East London.

Court 8 at 10am trial of Ross Hamilton accused of murder. Reece Newcombe, 31, who trained celebrities including former footballer Ian Wright for a charity boxing match in 2014, died after he was stabbed in the neck with a piece of glass on Richmond Bridge, southwest London.

Court 10.15am trial of Petko Zhutev and four others, who were arrested after authorities siezed 200 million pounds worth of Cocaine at Portsmouth, which had arrived from Columbia. Over two tonnes of the drug was found hidden in banana boxes.

Court 11 at 10am trial in the case of serving prisoner Thomas Kavanagh, Irishman, Liam Byrne and two others. Kavanagh is accused of organising firearms to be dumped and their location leaked to the police to engineer a reduced sentence.

Court 14 at 10am Sentence in the case of Reece Lucey in relation to the killing of Steven Brown, 47, who was knifed in the heart outside a builder’s merchants in Stoke Newington, North London

Court 14 at 11am trial of Joshua Eno and another accused of murder. The victim, 21-year-old Rico Andrews weas shot in the chest in Battersea.

Court 14 at 10am trial of Christian Braimah and three others accused of murder. Naython Muir, 43, was stabbed to death In Hounslow, London NW.

Court 15 at 10.30am trial of Kadeem Brightley-Barnes in relation to the murder of Kacey Boothe,25, who was shot dead in Walthamstow, East London.

Court 16 at 10am New trial of Romario Gordon in relation to the murder of 16 year old Cameron Smith,16. The teenage victim was stabbed to death in his bedroom in Croydon, South London after a group of youth brandishing zombie knives smashed their way into his home.

Court 16 at 2pm Mention in the case of Aminan Rahman, who has been charged with murdering his wife, Suma Begum, 24. Her body was stuffed into a suitcase and dumped into the River Lea in East London.

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