Cases of interest at the Old Bailey on Friday

Court 1 at 10am trial of Alrind Hashani and another accused of murder. Ahmed Jama, 29, was stabbed to death in St. John’s Wood, London NW

Court 5 at 10am trial in the case of Ercan Akbal and five other Kurds, who  have pleaded not guilty to membership of the proscribed group, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, also known as the PKK, between March 1 2011 and November 27 2024.

Court 6 at 9.45am Case management in the case of former Cambridgehire police sergeant Paul Street, accused of assaulting Samuel Kayode in January 2020, as well as a string of other offences including perverting the course of justice by creating false statements regarding the alleged victim’s arrest. A second policeman, who is a serving  PC at Cambridgeshire police, is charged with misconduct in public office after he allegedly sent personal, private images of a female suspect to the fromer police sergeant, as well as describing the intimate video to him in October 2020.

Court 6 at 10am trial in the case of Kulvinder Ram accused of attempted murder. A woman aged in her 30s, an eight-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy were all found suffering stab injuries in a house in Dagenham, East London

Court 7 at 10am trial in the case of Nancy Pexton accused of stabbing to death her 69 year old sister Jennifer Abbott – also known as Sarah Steinberg, at her Camden, North London home 

Court 9 at 10am trial of Abdullah Albadri accused of terrorist offences after a man armed with two knives was arrestedd trying to break into the Israeli embassey in London. He was allegedly found with a martydom note

Court 10 at 10am trial in case of a teenager Alfie Coleman, who denies 13 charges including intending to commit an act of terrorism.

Court 12 Not sitting trial of Aziz Hama and four others in relation to the murder of Dara Omar,22, who was stabbed to death in Hounslow, London

Court 12 at 12 noon Sentence of Kaywan Karim in relation to the murder of Dara Omar,21, who was stabbed to death in Hounslow, London NW

Court 13 at 10am trial of brothers Anthony and Michael Stewart accusesd of murdering a man 41 years ago as he walked home. Anthony Littler, 45, died from ‘catastrophic’ head injuries after he was found in an alleyway near East Finchley Tube station in north London on May 1, 1984.

Court 14 Not sitting trial of Jahmal Joseph accused of shooting to death his cousin and injuring his brother following a row at a wake. Jordan Rodney, 30, died after being shot in the eye and his brother Omar Joseph was shot in the head and hand in Hammersmith, West London

Court 15 at 10am Preliminary hearing of Nematollah Shahsavani, 40, and Alireza Farasati, 22, who have both been charged with engaging in conduct likely to assist a foreign intelligence service, under section three of the new National Security Act. They are accused of conducting hostile surveillance of Jewish targets in London on behalf of the Iranian Intelligence Service (IIS).

Court 15 at 10.45am Preliminary hearing in the case of woman doctor Rahmeh Aladwani charged with online support for Hamas. She is accused of writing posts including “I don’t condemn Hamas. I don’t condemn October 7” .

Court 15 at 11am Preliminary hearing in the case of Judex Atshatshi and three other teenagers in relation to an arson attack on volunteer-led ambulances run by the Jewish community in Golders Green, London NW

Court 15 at 11.30am Ptreliminary hearing in the case of Moroccan nation Ahmed Alid, an inmate at a high-security jail who is accused of trying to murder the prison’s imam after obtaining a knife behind bars

Court 15 at 12 noon Preliminary hearing in the case of Khalid Ahmed, who has been charged with firearms offences after he was stopped at the port of Dover and police seized a number of weapons and ammunition.

Court 15 ar 12.15pm Preliminary hearing in the case of Qesser Zurah, a pro- Palestinian activist.

Court 15 at 2pm Plea and trial preparation in the case of Mohammed Asim Bashir who allegedly drove the Manchester synagogue attacker to survey a UK defence site. He is accused of driving Jihad Al-Shamie to UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, for a hostile reconnaissance – seven weeks before the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue.

Court 15 at 2.30am Preparatory hearing in the case of the brother of the Manchester arena bomber. Hashem Abedi has pleaded not guilty to carrying out “terrorist” attacks on prison officers at a maximum-security jail with hot cooking oil and makeshift weapons.

Court 15 at 3pm Mention in the case of Ilyas Akhtar, who has pleaded guilty to researching weapons, poison, explosive substances and how to make improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and homemade bombs.

Court 15 at 3.30pm Case management in the case of Nandito Badea and another Romanian accused of stabbing a journalist. Pouria Zeraati, a 37-year-old presenter at UK-based broadcaster Iran International, was knifed in the leg during an attack in Wimbledon, London SW

Court 15 Not sitting trial of alleged Hong Kong spies Chi Leung Wai, 38, and Chung Biu Yuen, 63, who are accused of being involved in surveillance and “hostile” reconnaissance against critics in the UK of the Hong Kong authorities.

Court 16 at 10am trial in the case of Marcus La Croix in relation to the killing of Tanesha Melbourne-Blake,17, who was out with friends when she was shot from a Vauxhall people carrier on in Tottenham, North London on 2 April 2018

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