Oval Cricket Ground, South London

The inquest begins into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot dead at Stockwell Tube station on July 22, 2005, when Metropolitan Police officers mistook him for a suspect in the July 21 bomb plot.

Chester Crown Court

Nicola Dorricot, 46, of Hazel Grove, Greater Manchester, appears for a plea hearing on charges of murdering Jonathan James Leigh, 43, after allegedly stabbing him at her home on July 8.

Woolwich Crown Court

Douglas Wood, 58, from Sandwich Bay, Kent, and David Coxon, 52, from Jarrow, Tyneside, appear charged with conspiracy to import cocaine. A 42-year-old man has been bailed to return to a London police station. The UK Border Agency, in a Metropolitan Police operation supported by the Plymouth-based HMS Argyle, seized 100kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of £5 million from a yacht off Cornwall en route from the Caribbean.

Old Bailey

The trial continues of Tara Haigh, who is accused of smothering to death her two-year-old son.

The trial continues of Kanyanta Mulenga and another defendant, who are accused of murdering a former heavyweight boxer, James Oyebola, 46, after he had told them to stop smoking.

The trial continues in the case of Richard Harrison-Allen and Sheldon Small, who are accused of shooting dead Etem Celebi, 17, in Hackney, East London.

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