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maylistentoandreportwhatissaid.
[email protected] “There can be no objection to note-taking in
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cessfullychallengedacourtbanonpeopletaking purpose;forexample,tobriefawitnesswhois
notes. notincourtonwhathasalreadyhappened.
The Ministry of Justice was forced to repri- “Thismayoccurwherewitnesseswhohaveyet
mandstaffatStratfordMagistrates’Courttwice togiveevidenceareusuallykeptoutofcourtand
in one day, after YellowAdvertiserjournalist incivilcasesinwhichthejudgehasdirectedthat
Michael Cox, 23, was prevented from using a a future witness should be out of court while
notebookandpen. other evidence is given, or the hearing is in
Court manager Teresa Williams blocked Mr chambers.Courtstaffneedtobealert,butitis
CoxonFriday,January9,claimingcourtpolicy notforthemtoprohibitthepractice.”
banned members of the public from writing Mr Cox was allowed into the open court an
notesinpublichearings. hour after his first attempt, but faced further
MrCoxtoldMsWilliamsthatallcourtshada obstructionwhentheclerkofthecourtrefusedto
dutytoallowopenjustice,includingtherightto givehimtheaddressofadefendant–forcingthe
takenotes–butthecourtmanagerinsistedher MinistryofJusticetorapcourtstaffforasecond
banwaslegal. time.
Hesaid:“Iknewthepublichadarighttotake Mr Neale contacted Government officials
notes unless there were specific restrictions. I againwhosentasecondmessageorderingstaff
wasjustabitbaffledreallywhenthecourtman- tooperatetransparently.
agerstoppedme.” He said: “As our new east London reporter,
HecontactedYAnewseditorSteveNeale,who Michael Cox has certainly had something of a
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telephonedMsWilliamsandexplainedthelawto baptismoffire.Butwhataresult.
High Tech Facilities her–butsheclaimedshewasstandingbyher “ThankstohiscourtvisitonFridaypeopleare
policy. nowabletotakenotes,somethingthathasbeen
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Mr Neale contacted the Ministry of Justice. deniedtheminthepast.Asmallvictoryforjus-
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No blame for baby’s drowning
ByMichaelCox in the bath while her mother, doctorwasbroughttothescene. Jiya had been well brought up in
AnandiJiya,28,hadleftheralone The baby was taken by ambu- herhomeandhowitwasanacci-
[email protected] for just three or four minutes on lance to Whipps Cross Hospital dentthatcouldoccurevenforthe
ABABYdrownedinthebathfol- April2 before being transferred to Great mostcaringandlovingparent.
lowing a tragic accident, She had been distracted by her OrmondStreet. He maintained that the mother’s
Walthamstow Coroner’s Court mobilephoneringingintheliving She was unable to recover and actions could not even be said to
heardonFriday. room of her flat. By the time she had her life-support machine havebeencareless,althoughhehad
Jiya Gajera, of FullwellAvenue, hadreturnedtothebathroom,Jiya switchedoffonApril12.Onlythe nodoubtthatshewouldalwayslive
Ilford,was13monthsoldwhenshe was lying motionless with foam fatherattendedtheinquest. withthetormentathavingleftJiya
died at Great Ormond Street comingfromhermouth. Coroner Ian Wade felt that this aloneforabrieftime.
HospitalonApril12lastyear. Themotherranforhelp.Aneigh- one of those events were no one He ruled that the death was an
TheinquestwastoldJiyaslipped bourcametoheraidandanearby couldbeblamed.Hedescribedhow accident.
Teenagers jailed for violent robbery spree
TWOIlfordteenagershave beries, paying them to wait
beenjailedforcommittinga while they carried out their
series of violent robberies raids.The taxi drivers were
acrosseastLondon. ordered to wait far enough
Ashley Samuel, 18, of awayfromeachtargetvenue
Granville Road, and Yahya thattheywereneverawareof
Ahmed, 19, of Blackthorn whatthemenweredoing.
Road,wereinvolvedinnine The attacks occurred
separate raids on 24-hour between April and July
gamingarcades. 2014,includingthreesepa-
Samuel and Ahmed were rate raids on City Slots
part of a gang that also AmusementsinHighRoad,
included a third man, Ilford, as well as an attack
Mohamed Sayid, 19, of on Quicksilver
GranthamRoad,Newham. Amusements, in the same
When they were inside roadandoneatCashinoin
eacharcade,themenwield- EastStreet,Barking.
ed kitchen knives and a During the course of all
sharpened screwdriver at nineattacksthegangstolea
staff. totalof£27,700.
Some victims were also Alloftherobberspleaded
tied up with duct tape to guilty to conspiracy to rob
preventthemfromescaping, when they appeared at
whileamemberofstaffwas Snaresbrook Crown Court
forcedatknifepointtoopen on December 5 and were
thecompany’ssafe. sentencedtoeightyearsand ATTACK:Oneofthegangholdinganemployeeat
The three used an Ilford four months imprisonment knifepointatQuicksilver,Ilford,duringarobberyin ROBBERS:Top,YahyaAhmed,
taxi firm in all of the rob- onMonday. April2014 above,AshleySamuel
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Enterprising
students win
praise for their
business skills
BARKING and Dagenham numberofeventsincludingthe neurial skills in our students
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foritsenterprisewithanentre- they were asked to create a willhelpstudentsbecomeeco-
preneurialaward. newdrinkandsellitduringthe nomically independent and
It obtained the High Impact college’sChristmasmarket. preparedfortherealworld.”
accoladeforitscontributionto Adnan Mahmood, chief The week also included
Global Entrepreneurship entrepreneurial leader at the workshops to assist the stu-
week. college,said:“Wearepassion- dentsindevelopingtheirown
Students were involved in a ate about instilling entrepre- businessideas.
Ryan eases through first Voice TV challenge
REDBRIDGEteenagerRyanGreenhasmadeit showagainafterfailingtomakeprogressinlast
through the first audition of BBC TVreality year’scontest.Hedecidedtogoonforasecond
showTheVoice. time to show the judges how much he had
Ryan, 18, from Hainault, progressed to the improved.ThistimehisperformanceofMagic
nextstageofthecompetitioninthefirstepisode byColdplaywasenoughtoseejudgeRitaOra
of the new series. He was performing on the turnaroundandselecthimtogothrough.
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Appeal after sexual incident on train
BRITISH Transport Police touchedhimselfinappropriate- CCTVimages,ashemayhold
have issued an appeal for a lywhilelookingather. vital information that could
man they want to speak to in The incident took place on helpusinourinvestigations.”
connectionwithasexualinci- Wednesday, November 5, at Anyonewithfurtherdetailsis
dent on a train between around5.15pm. asked to call British Transport
BarkingandGrays. Detective Constable David Policeon0800405040,texton
A man is said to have sat Bishopsaid:“Wearekeenfor 61016,orphoneCrimestoppers
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woman from Thurrock and us to identify the man in the enceESUB/B9of09/01/15.
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Man convicted over Fine for unauthorised conversion
assault on police ALANDLORDwhoconvertedhispropertyinto greathousingstockinthisboroughandwillnot
flatswithoutpermissionhasbeenfined. toleratelandlordssimplylookingtocarveitup
Shiraz Akbar Khan, of Woodbury Road, toprovideasmanyflatsaspossiblesothatthey
Walthamstow, was prosecuted by Waltham canmaximisetherent.”
ForestCouncilforanunauthorisedconversion In court, Khan, who was not legally repre-
ByMichaelCox The court heard how Shgjuni then struggled
ofasingledwellinginBrewsterRoad,Leyton, sented,pleadednotguiltybutfailedtopersuade
withPcHindsbeforecuttingtheofficer’sfinger.
[email protected] Shgjuni, who had pleaded not guilty, claimed intotwoself-containedflats. DistrictJudgeClarke.Havingheardalltheevi-
HewasfoundguiltyatStratfordMagistrates’ dence,andtakenintoaccountKhan’smeans–
ALEYTONSTONEmanhasbeenconvictedof thattheofficerhadbeenaggressivetowardshim
Court on Thursday and fined £5,000 and herunsabusinesslettingoutthreeproperties–
assaultingapoliceofficer. anddeniedassaultinghim,maintainingthatthe
orderedtopaycostsof£1,558andavictimsur- hesuggestedthatKhancouldhaveandshould
NuredinShgjuni,23,ofNorthBirkbeckRoad, officerinjuredhimselfinthestruggle.
chargeof£120. havetakenlegaladvice.
attackedPcStephenHindsofChingfordPolice District Judge Jonathan Radway dismissed
The trial had been scheduled for October 22 In September last year the council brought
onJune6,acourtheard. Shgjuni’sdefence,andfeltthatPcHindswasact-
butKhan’sfailuretoappearandinabilitytopro- into force an article 4 direction on houses in
Stratford Magistrates’ Court was told that ingintheexecutionofhisduty.
duceamedicalcertificatetocoverhisabsence multiple occupation (HMOs).The new policy
ShgjuniwasarrestedinasilverBMWinBaird Hesaidtherewasnospecificblowandthatthe
led to the court including £450 abortive costs stopslandlordsofsinglehouseholdproperties
Close,Leyton,afterthecarhadbeenfollowedby injurywasonlyacuttothesideofthenail.
withinthecollectionorder. carvingthemupintoHMOsbyremoving“per-
police. ShgjuniwasfoundguiltyatthetrialonFriday
Khanhasbeengivensixmonthstopayallof mitteddevelopmentrights”,whichwouldother-
Pc Hinds pinned Shgjuni against a wooden andorderedtopaycostsof£220,afineof£110,
thefine,costsandsurcharge. wiseallowalandlordtochangeapropertyfrom
fenceandtoldhimhewasbeingarrestedfordan- compensationof£50andavictimsurchargeof
Clyde Loakes, deputy leader and cabinet asingledwellingintoanHMOwithouthaving
gerousdriving. £20.
memberforenvironment,said:“Wehavesome togetplanningpermission.
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Murder was ‘sadistic
Play virtual, but live real
and sexually motivated’ ByCharlesThomson LaFave said: “I feel so weakened
fromthishorribletragedy.
[email protected] “IwantBreck’sstorytosaveoth-
THEMOTHERofachildmurdered ersfromthepureevilinthisworld.”
in Essex has called for more Atamediabriefinglastweek,she
Governmentfundingtotacklechild explained more about the founda-
ByCharlesThomson grooming. tion.Shesaid:“EventhoughBreck
Breck Bednar, 14, was killed in was a very clever boy,hewas too
[email protected] GraystwomonthsaftermumLorin goodtorecognisetheevilandlies
LaFave alerted police of her con- and manipulation of someone
SPECIALREPORTFROM cerns. behindacomputerscreen.
THECOURTROOM ThesadistickillerLewisDaynes “We created this tagline to help
was already under Essex Police teenagers embrace and understand
AMANfromGrayshasbeenjailedfor investigation before the killing for thatwhiletheinternetisawonderful
lifeforthe“sadisticandsexuallymoti- another alleged sexual assault, tool for learning and gaming and
vated”murderofa14-year-oldboy. whichhedenied. socialising,andit’sgreatfuntoplay
Lewis Mark Daynes, 19, was sen- MsLaFavehaslaunchedafoun- virtual, we need these online rela-
tencedat Chelmsford Crown Court on dationtopreventmorechildrensuc- tionshipstostayvirtualtokeepthem
Mondayafterpleadingguiltytokilling cumbingtoonlinegrooming. safe.
BreckBednar,whohemetinanonline On a website for the Breck “Hopefully by teenagers wearing
gamingforum. Bednar Memorial Foundation, his thesewristbands,theywillembrace
MrsJusticeCoxgaveDaynesamini- relatives described the “dedicated this concept and understand the
mumtermof25years. student”, who attended St Bede’s huge difference between a real
Breck’smotherburstintotearsasthe SchoolinRedhill,as“akind,well- friend and a possibly dangerous
sentencewashandeddown. liked, intelligent, thoughtful, inde- onlinefriend.”
Daynesmurderedtheboyathisflatin pendent, resourceful, responsible For more information, visit
RoseberyRoad,Grays,onFebruary17, boy with a good sense of humour www.breckbednar.com.
2014.HeluredBreck,fromCaterham, andathirstforknowledge”. Essex Police said anyone with
Surrey,therebypromisinghimajobat Thefoundationhascreatedwrist- concerns about keeping their chil-
a fictitious computer company, telling bands bearing the slogan, Play drensafecouldcallitshelplineon
himhewasinlinefora£55mpay-out. Virtual/LiveReal. 01245282103.
Daynes initially denied murder but In a witness impact statement The line is manned between
pleaded guilty on November 25, the read in court on Monday, Ms 4.30pmand8pm.
firstdayofhistrial.
ProsecutorRichardWhittamQCsaid
evidence showed Daynes bound Breck
with duct tape, cut his clothes off and
sexuallyassaultedhim.
Hethenkilledtheteenagerbystand-
ingbehindhimandslashinghisthroat.
Pathologist Dr Olaf Biedrzycki said
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on Monday that the fatal wound was
caused by three or four separate knife
movements. beforethetapewasapplied. tionsubmissionthatyougroomedthis
Daynes then sent pictures of Breck’s Mr Whittam claimed all of this evi- youngboyoveralengthyperiodoftime
bodytotwomutualcontacts,includinga denceproveda“sadisticorsexualmoti- beforeyouluredhimtoyourhomeand
15-year-oldboy. vation” and the purchases proved pre- thenengagedinsexualactivityandmur-
Aftersendingthem,Daynesshowered, meditation. deredhim.”
changedclothesanddestroyedcomput- Defence barrister Simon Mayo QC TellingDayneshewouldspendatleast
erequipmentbyplacingitinasinkfull claimedthepurchasesonlyprovedpre- 25 years behind bars, she said: “I
ofwater. meditationoflessercrimes. emphasise that [this] is the minimum
Almostanhourlaterhecalledpolice HearguedDaynes’sfailuretoplotan amountoftimethatyouwillspendin
andclaimedhehadkilledBreckinself- escape or a way to dispose of Breck’s prison,fromthedateofsentence,before
defence. body proved the murder was not pre- the Parole Board can even consider
ThecourtheardDaynesorderedduct meditated. whetheryoumightbereleased.
tape,condoms,lubricantandasyringe Mrs Justice Cox agreed, telling “Ifitremainsnecessaryfortheprotec-
weeksbeforethemurder. Daynes:“Theevidencedoesnotsupport tionofthepublic,youwillcontinueto
Tests found Breck’s wrists had been afindingthatthemurderitselfwaspre- be detained in custody after that date.
restrainedwithducttapetwiceandon meditatedandpre-planned. Youwillinanyeventremainonlicence
one occasion he had been bleeding “Itdoeshoweversupporttheprosecu- fortherestofyourlife.”
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