The Latest Breaking News from Canterbury Crown Court

Julia James murder: Callum Wheeler jailed for life for killing PCSO as she walked dog

Mother of two beaten to death with metal railway jack in ‘sexually motivated’ attack in woods near her home

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022

Killer jailed for 37 years after murdering PCSO Julia James

The man who murdered PCSO Julia James as she walked her Jack Russell in the woods near her home in Kent has been jailed.

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2022

Killer jailed for murdering PCSO Julia James in woods after 'waiting for a lone woman'

Mum-of-two Julia James, 53, was beaten to death as she walked her Jack Russell dog Toby in the countryside near her home in Snowdown, Kent in a planned attack

Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2022

Jury retires in PCSO murder trial

Callum Wheeler, 22, from Aylesham in Kent has admitted killing Julia James on April 27 last year but denies murder.

The Independent UK · May 16, 2022

PCSO murder accused ‘angry, violent, strange, highly sexualised’, jury told

Prosecutor Alison Morgan QC has made her closing speech at Canterbury Crown Court.

The Independent UK · May 16, 2022

Julia James ‘murder’: Killer tells police ‘yous are f****** dead’ during arrest over PCSO’s death

Callum Wheeler, 22, asked police ‘has my mum said something...well someone must have told you’ after they turned up at his home in Kent

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Trial of man accused of murdering PCSO Julia James adjourned

Judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told the jury that “for good reason” the next hearing would be on Monday, but did not provide any further detail.

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Julia James trial: Killer said PCSO ‘deserved to die’ and threatened to rape and murder women, court told

Callum Wheeler, 22, told police station staff his case was different because 53-year-old was ‘a copper’, jury hears

The Independent UK · May 12, 2022

Accused was ‘caught on camera with murder weapon’ the day after PCSO’s death

Prosecutors say the object was the railway jack that Callum Wheeler, 22, used to bludgeon Julia James to death.

The Independent UK · May 11, 2022

Julia James murder trial: Jury retraces final steps of PCSO killed on dog walk

Callum Wheeler accepts that he killed Julia James but denies murder, and is on trial at Canterbury Crown Court

Evening Standard · May 10, 2022