Cases of interest at the Old Bailey on Friday

Court 2 at 10am Mention in the case of a man accused of being part of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PPK)

Court 3 at 10am Case management in the case of an 18 year old girl and three others who are charged with murder. The victim  51-year-old Anthony Marks, was assaulted in Camden, North London

Court 5 at 10am trial of five men in relation to the murder of Sebastian James-Kraan,20. The victim died in hospital three days after being shot in Templeman Road in Hanwell, Ealing, West London

Court 6 at 10am trial of a couple charged with the manslaughter of their newborn baby daughter, whose remains were found in a Lidl “bag for life” in a Brighton allotment shed.

Court 8 at 10am trial eight men in relation to the murder of 22 year old Janayo Lucima, who was shot dead on his doorstep in West Kensington, London in a “planned execution,” the court heard.

Court 8 at 11.30am Case management in the case of a 33 year old man accused of murder. The defendant had recently broken up with his girlfriend when he allegedly stabbed her father, a bus driver, with a Rambo knife. The victim, Derek Thomas, 53, was walking near Stoke Newington Common in Hackney, north-east London, when the defendant allegedly confronted him

Court 9 at 9.45am trial of a hospital worker and an NHS trust, who have both denied causing the death of a 22-year-old mental health patient after she allegedly gained access to items used in 18 earlier attempts to take her own life. Alice Figueiredo died at Goodmayes Hospital, north-east London, in 2015.

Court 9 at 2pm Plea and trial preparation in the case of an 18 year old youth accused of murder. Robert Robinson, 21, was fatally stabbed in Deptford, London SE.

Court 10 at 10am trial of two teenagers accused of murder. Abdul Jalloh, 23, was stabbed to death in Tower Hamlets, East London

Court 10 at 10am Sentence in the case of a 20 year old man convicted of the murder of Cher Maximen, 32, who was stabbed in the groin with a zombie knife in front of her three year old daughter at the Notting Hill Carnival. She got mixed up in a fight with three men.

Court 11 at 9.45am Pre trial review in the case of a twenty year old woman and two men accused of murder. The victim, Taha Errami,22, suffered a broken ankle during an alleged robbery in London’s West End. Seven weeks later he died of a deep vein thrombosis.  

Court 12 at 10am trial in the case of seven youths charged in relation to the murder of 20-year-old Jesse Lloyd-Smith. He was shot dead in an alley close to his Peckham, London SE home

Court 13 at 9.30am Preliminary hearing in the case of nine alleged Palestine activists accused of causing £1 million worth of damage to a Kent factory, which was allegedly supplying weapons to Israel, used to attack Palestinians in Gaza

Court 13 at 10am trial of a woman and two men charged in relation to the murder of father of two Josh McKay, 33, who was stabbed in the neck in Walthamstow, East London.

Court 13 at 10am Preliminary hearing in the case of a 33 year old man accused of trying to break into the Israeli embassy armed with two knives.

Court 13 at 10.30am Preparatory hearing in the case of two English men and three others accused of torching a storage unit containing aid due to be sent to Ukraine in a plot allegedly orchestrated by Russia

Court 13 at 11am Plea and trial preparation in the case of two Romanian men accused of stabbing a journalist. Pouria Zeraati, a 37-year-old presenter at UK-based broadcaster Iran International, was knifed in the leg during the attack in Wimbledon, London SW

Court 13 at 11.30am Mention in the case of a former government contractor, who worked in the intelligence community. He is accused with making “damaging” disclosures under the Official Secrets Act.

Court 14 at 10am trial of two men accused of conspiracy to murder and drugs offences. They were arrested after a hack by French and Dutch police of the EncroChat encrypted phone system in April 2020 that saw messages shared with British police.

Court 16 at 10am trial of five men in relation to a double murder. Leonardo Reid, 15, and 23-year-old Klevi Shekaj were attacked with Zombie knives while they filmed a drill rap music video.

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