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Mother, 29, killed by falling bricks on London school run, Old Bailey hears

Michaela Boor, 29, had been shopping with her friend after dropping their children at a nearby primary school when tragedy struck

Evening Standard · 5h ago

Woman accused of fatally stabbing City banker partner exchanged intimate messages with another man, court told

Joanna Cierpka, 51, allegedly murdered Henrik Slotsaa after he told her that he had met someone else at London’s Citibank office in Canary Wharf, where he worked, the Old Bailey has heard

The Independent UK · Sep 22

Catholic Bishop Accused of Raping a 15-Year-Old Girl He 'Started Dating' After Shrine Pilgrimage

David Oakley appeared at the Old Bailey as his lawyers sought dismissal of rape and indecent assault charges involving a girl who was 15 at the time of the alleged offences.

International Business Times UK · Sep 12

Boys, 14 and 15, appear in court over fatal south London stabbing

The youths appeared at the Old Bailey at separate hearings charged with killing Jamal Coombes, 17, in Battersea, south London

Evening Standard · Jun 25

Alleged smiling assassin pretended to shoot armed police with hands, court told

Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, is on trial at the Old Bailey.

Evening Standard · Jun 10

Russian-speaker known as 'El Money' 'offered men cash for arson attack on Prime Minister's homes'

Three Ukrainian nationals are standing trial at the Old Bailey over the alleged attacks

Evening Standard · Apr 29

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrest: Former top judge says misconduct in public office 'notoriously difficult to prosecute'

Ex-Old Bailey judge explains complex legal hurdles facing investigators as police continue search of Royal Lodge

Evening Standard · Feb 20

Silent disco partygoer shot dead for ‘petty revenge’, court told

Leroy Mitchell was gunned down outside the party in Croydon, south London, in October 2021, the Old Bailey heard.

Evening Standard · Feb 18

Deaf woman kicked and left to die in east London street by raver nicknamed Nasty, court told

Zahwa Mukhtar, 27, was thrown out of a car and fatally attacked in ‘senseless killing’, the Old Bailey was told

Evening Standard · Feb 17

Goldsmiths student 'killed germaphobic woman in self-defence', court hears

Joshua Michals, 26, is on trial at the Old Bailey for the murder of 31-year-old Zhe Wang, a fellow student at Goldsmiths, University of London

Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2025