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OPINION - A first FGM conviction is great, but we must fight on to end this torture entirely

Last week a woman was found guilty of taking a three-year-old British child to Kenya for female genital mutilation (FGM). Amina Noor was convicted at the Old Bailey of assisting a non-UK person to carry out the procedure overseas 17 years ago. This landmark conviction, the first of its kind…

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Aristocrat Constance Marten and partner Mark Gordon deny manslaughter of baby

The couple sat together in the Old Bailey dock as they pleaded not guilty to charges

Evening Standard

Girl, 3, ‘cried all night’ after being subjected to female genital mutilation, court hears

The girl, who was born in Britain, was not told what would happen to her or was “too young to understand”, the Old Bailey was told

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Alleged network of spies for Russia appear at the Old Bailey

The three men and two women were arrested in February for offences contrary to the Official Secrets Act.

The Independent UK

Asylum seeker who nearly beheaded girlfriend in attack branded a ‘monster’

Tunisian-born Maher Maaroufe, 23, is to be sentenced at the Old Bailey for the manslaughter of Sabita Thanwani.

The Independent UK

Chris Kaba: Judge issues contempt of court warning in murder case

Judge Mark Lucraft KC made the unusual intervention at the Old Bailey

Evening Standard

Daniel Khalife pleads not guilty to escaping custody at HMP Wandsworth

The 21-year-old appeared via video link from HMP Belmarsh at the Old Bailey to deny the charge

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Former soldier Daniel Khalife pleads not guilty to escaping Wandsworth prison

Daniel Khalife is accused of strapping himself to a food delivery vehicle

The Independent UK

Sara Sharif: Father and two other relatives to face trial next year accused of 10-year-old’s murder

Urfan Sharif, Beinash Batool and Faisal Malik spoke only to confirm their identities and were remanded into custody at the Old Bailey

Evening Standard

‘Coward’ Call Of Duty killer fails to attend sentencing days after law change

Mr Allen’s family gathered at the Old Bailey for Adeoye’s sentencing – only to learn he had refused to leave Pentonville prison

The Independent UK

Former RAF cadet defaced Windrush mural with Nazi symbols

The 17-year-old youth from South Wales admitted a string of terror offences and criminal damage and appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday.

The Independent UK

Ex-GCHQ worker admits attempting to murder US spy in leisure centre knife attack

Joshua Bowles entered his guilty pleas at the Old Bailey on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Harry Dunn’s mother ‘a lot more at peace’ on fourth anniversary of his death

Anne Sacoolas admitted causing Harry’s death by careless driving at the Old Bailey last year.

The Independent UK

Rapper Hypo ‘killed by security guard in football club birthday party stabbing’

Rapper Hypo was stabbed to death by a security guard at a £50-a-head birthday party on the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend, the Old Bailey has heard.

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The Independent UK

Teenager denies having synagogue attack note

Mason Reynolds, from Brighton, appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday by video link from Lewes prison.

The Independent UK

Mother of man murdered in mistaken identity killing says dealing with ‘lazy’ Met Police was ‘horrendous’

Sven Badzak, 22, and a friend were attacked by a group of six men as they walked in Kilburn, north-west London, in February 2021

The Independent UK

Televised sentencing at Crown Court could be expanded to more senior judges

A year has passed since the first sentencing remarks were broadcast from the Old Bailey in London.

The Independent UK

Windsor Castle crossbow teenager with AI girlfriend ‘not rational’, court told

The Old Bailey heard how Jaswant Singh Chail told armed officers ‘I am here to kill the Queen’ on Christmas Day 2021.

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Man convicted of killing sister-in-law in brutal hatchet attack at Ilford home

Nicolae Virtosu, 48, was convicted of murdering Svetlana Mihalachi, 53, following a trial at the Old Bailey

Irish Mirror

Man who murdered pregnant Irish girlfriend with scissors refuses to come to court for sentencing due to 'stress'

Members of 28-year-old Ms Walsh's family had travelled from Ireland to attend Taylor's sentencing at the Old Bailey on Wednesday - only to learn he was not in the dock or on a video link from Belmarsh prison

The Independent UK

Man jailed for killing 39 people found in lorry after they paid for ‘VIP’ smuggling service

Marius Mihai Draghici, 50, fled the country and was detained in Romania last August

Evening Standard

Teen who plotted to murder Queen at Windsor Castle with crossbow ‘encouraged by AI’

Jaswant Singh Chail plotted to murder Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle with a crossbow. He was inspired by Star Wars and Sith Lords, and an AI chatbot

The Independent UK

Maintenance worker accused of hospital attack

Matteo Bottarelli, 43, was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey.

Daily Mirror

Psychopathic hammer attacker jailed for life after fulfilling graveyard murder 'fantasy'

Erik Feld, 37, had a long-standing obsession with violence before he fulfilled a "depraved fantasy" to kill a random stranger in a Gothic graveyard, the Old Bailey heard

The Independent UK

Pc Sharon Beshenivsky murder accused to stand trial in Leeds

On Tuesday Mr Justice Bryan transferred the case of Piran Ditta Khan, 74, from the Old Bailey in London to Leeds Crown Court.

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