Cases of interest at the Old Bailey on Friday
Court 1 at 10am Trial of a 33 year old man accused of murder. The defendant had recently broken up with his girlfriend when he allegedly stabbed her father, bus driver, with a Rambo knife. The victim, Derek Thomas, 53, was walking near Stoke Newington Common in Hackney, north-east London, when a man got out of a van and approached him.
Court 2 at 11am Sentence of Rumani Tuitt accused of attempted murder at the Notting Hill Carnival. A 19-year-old youth, who was in the crowd was stabbed five times with a large Zombi knife and required life saving surgery. No motive for the attack has ever been established.
Court 3 at 10am trial of a teenager who denies 13 charges including intending to commit an act of terrorism.
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 9.45am Case management of former Metropolitan police officer PC David Carrick, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, who has been accused of two counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and a count of coercive and controlling behaviour against a woman between 2014 and 2019. He has also been charged with five counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, between 1989 and 1990, when he was a teenager.
Court 6 at 10am Pre-trial review in the case of couple Nazil Merthoca and Herbert Kalanzi accused of the murder of their three month old daughter. Kaylani Kalanzi died from a head injury alleged to be consistent with “shaking or impact”.
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 7 at 10.30am Sentence in the case of Marcus Arduni Monzo,36 found guilty of murdering a 14 year old boy by running up behind him and slashing his neck and chest with a samurai sword. He allegedly attacked Daniel Anjorin as he walked to school in Hainault, north-east London. Four other people – including two police officers – were seriously injured in separate attacks, all within 20 minutes. The sentence is expected to be streamed live on YouTube
Court 8 at 10am Pre-trial review in the case of Hamid Hamdi and another charged with offences relating to the murder of 24-year-old Dontae McLaren in Lambeth, London SE. The victim was stabbed to death during a knife fight involving several people.
Court 8 at 10am trial of Khuedr Al Kurdi and seven others 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 2pm Pre-trial review in the case of Harry Whittaker charged with possessing explosive substances and the poison potassium cyanide.
Court 9 at 10am trial of Five young men, who allegedly murdered a Greek tourist in south-east London after following him for more than half an hour when he left a nightclub. Antonis Antoniadis, 26, was stabbed in the chest and suffered a deep wound to his thigh in New Cross.
Court 10 at 10am trial of a man accused of conspiracy to murder in December 2020. It relates to a drive-by shooting in Hackney, East London amid rivalry between Holly Street and London Fields gangs
Court 11 at 10am Trial in the case of Paul English and six others accused of torching a storage unit containing Starlink satellite equipment due to be sent to Ukraine in a plot allegedly orchestrated by the Russian Wagner group. This is the first case under the UK’s new counter-espionage laws
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 10am trial of a 21 year old man and another accused in relation to the murder of Tyler McDermott,17, who was shot in the head in Tottenham, North London.
Court 14 Not sitting trial in the case of Jacob Losiewicz and others in relation to the murder of teenager Daejaun Campbell,15, who was stabbed to death with a Zombie knife
Court 15 at 10am trial of Melvis Mariano and Abby Lowne in relation to the killing of 19-year-old Kamal Nuur, who was stabbed to death in Islington, North London.
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.
Cases of interest at the Old Bailey on Friday
Court 1 at 10am Trial of a 33 year old man accused of murder. The defendant had recently broken up with his girlfriend when he allegedly stabbed her father, bus driver, with a Rambo knife. The victim, Derek Thomas, 53, was walking near Stoke Newington Common in Hackney, north-east London, when a man got out of a van and approached him.
Court 2 at 11am Sentence of Rumani Tuitt accused of attempted murder at the Notting Hill Carnival. A 19-year-old youth, who was in the crowd was stabbed five times with a large Zombi knife and required life saving surgery. No motive for the attack has ever been established.
Court 3 at 10am trial of a teenager who denies 13 charges including intending to commit an act of terrorism.
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 9.45am Case management of former Metropolitan police officer PC David Carrick, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, who has been accused of two counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and a count of coercive and controlling behaviour against a woman between 2014 and 2019. He has also been charged with five counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, between 1989 and 1990, when he was a teenager.
Court 6 at 10am Pre-trial review in the case of couple Nazil Merthoca and Herbert Kalanzi accused of the murder of their three month old daughter. Kaylani Kalanzi died from a head injury alleged to be consistent with “shaking or impact”.
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 7 at 10.30am Sentence in the case of Marcus Arduni Monzo,36 found guilty of murdering a 14 year old boy by running up behind him and slashing his neck and chest with a samurai sword. He allegedly attacked Daniel Anjorin as he walked to school in Hainault, north-east London. Four other people – including two police officers – were seriously injured in separate attacks, all within 20 minutes. The sentence is expected to be streamed live on YouTube
Court 8 at 10am Pre-trial review in the case of Hamid Hamdi and another charged with offences relating to the murder of 24-year-old Dontae McLaren in Lambeth, London SE. The victim was stabbed to death during a knife fight involving several people.
Court 8 at 10am trial of Khuedr Al Kurdi and seven others 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 2pm Pre-trial review in the case of Harry Whittaker charged with possessing explosive substances and the poison potassium cyanide.
Court 9 at 10am trial of Five young men, who allegedly murdered a Greek tourist in south-east London after following him for more than half an hour when he left a nightclub. Antonis Antoniadis, 26, was stabbed in the chest and suffered a deep wound to his thigh in New Cross.
Court 10 at 10am trial of a man accused of conspiracy to murder in December 2020. It relates to a drive-by shooting in Hackney, East London amid rivalry between Holly Street and London Fields gangs
Court 11 at 10am Trial in the case of Paul English and six others accused of torching a storage unit containing Starlink satellite equipment due to be sent to Ukraine in a plot allegedly orchestrated by the Russian Wagner group. This is the first case under the UK’s new counter-espionage laws
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 10am trial of a 21 year old man and another accused in relation to the murder of Tyler McDermott,17, who was shot in the head in Tottenham, North London.
Court 14 Not sitting trial in the case of Jacob Losiewicz and others in relation to the murder of teenager Daejaun Campbell,15, who was stabbed to death with a Zombie knife
Court 15 at 10am trial of Melvis Mariano and Abby Lowne in relation to the killing of 19-year-old Kamal Nuur, who was stabbed to death in Islington, North London.
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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