Old Bailey

Application to dismiss charges in the case of Tara Haigh, accused of killing her two-year-old son.

Old Bailey

Trial continues of John Twomey and five others accused of a £1.75 million hold-up at Menzies World Cargo at Heathrow in February 2004. During the raid, a gang of six men tied up sixteen members of staff, shooting at one who attempted to escape.

Old Bailey

Legal argument in the case of Derek Brown, 47, who denies two charges of murder. He allegedly killed a Chinese illegal DVD seller Xiao Mei Guo, 29, and a sex worker, Bonnie Barrett, 24. Trial is expected to open tomorrow.

Maidstone Crown Court

Trial continues of Keith Prest, accused of killing Louise Evans in the car park of East Sutton Park open prison in Kent, where she worked as an English teacher to foreign inmates preparing for release.

Maidstone Crown Court

Kelvin Bennett, 45, of Birmingham, due to be sentenced on three counts of rape and one of kidnap of a 21-year-old woman in Folkestone in December 2001. It is the first trial involving a Kent Police unit set up to reinvestigate unsolved crimes using forensic science methods.

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