5: Lockdown Laws

HMCTS failed in its duty to preserve life during the pandemic, according to a letter before claim. Meanwhile, half a million cases are waiting to be heard in magistrates' courts. So, are courts too dangerous to run, or is it too dangerous to slow down? Hosted by: Charlie Jones Featuring: Sophia Dourou, Cameron Charters and Carolina Herranz-Carr Produced by: Carolina Herranz-Carr Music by Setuniman freesound.org/people/setuniman/sound Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/trialbymedia // Contact us on Twitter // Charlie: @CharlieDanJones Carolina: @CHerranzCarr Sophia: @SophiaDourou

Content warning: We talk about terrorism, murder, and violence. Twenty-two people were killed and more 800 were injured after suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a shrapnel-laden homemade bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena in 2017. His brother Hashem Abedi was jailed for at least 55 years after helping plan the atrocity. We take a deep dive into the horrific events behind the UK’s largest terrorism trial and how it played out in the press. Later we discuss the alarming rise in far-right terrorism in the UK. In this episode we talk about: Hashem Abedi's trial: https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/55-years-for-the-manchester-arena-bomb-maker/ Former Uber driver Mohiussunnath Chowdhury who planed a terror attack: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/uber-driver-terrorism-mohiussannath-chowdhury-samurai-sword-a4358466.html White supremacist Vincent Fuller knifed a 19-year-old at a Tesco car park: https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/white-supremacist-tried-to-murder-teenager-at-tesco/ Hosted by: Charlie Jones Featuring: Sophia Dourou and Cameron Charters Produced by: Carolina Herranz-Carr Music by Setuniman freesound.org/people/setuniman/sound Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/trialbymedia // Contact us on Twitter // Charlie: @CharlieDanJones Carolina: @CHerranzCarr Sophia: @SophiaDourou

Life under lockdown has changed things. While some have swapped socialising for solo baking and weekly zoom catch-ups to help save lives, others view the restrictiveness of quarantine an attack on civil liberties. Do lockdown laws violate our human rights? In this episode we talked about: Piers Corbyn's trial for breaching lockdown laws: https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/corbyn-convicted-of-breaching-covid-restrictions/ Man spat at Jeremy Corbyn: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/28/man-sentenced-to-community-service-for-spitting-at-jeremy-corbyn Hosted by: Charlie Jones Featuring: Sophia Dourou, Carolina Herranz-Carr and Cameron Charters Produced by: Carolina Herranz-Carr Music by Setuniman freesound.org/people/setuniman/sound Follow us on Twitter: @trialbymedia // Contact us // Charlie: @CharlieDanJones Carolina: @CHerranzCarr Sophia: @SophiaDourou

Four people are on trial for their alleged involvement in a series of million-pound burglaries targeting celebrities including Tamara Eccleston, Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard and the late Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. A gang of international thieves carried out an Ocean’s 11-style heist on luxury jeweller Boodles, by swiping £4.2million worth of diamonds for pebbles. And the infamous Hatton Garden raid, where £14million were stolen from a jeweller’s safety deposit. In this episode we talked about: Strings of robberies on celebrities: https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/bodyguard-came-in-front-of-ecclestone-home-as-burglars-were-working-at-the-back/ Georgeta Danila, who was cleared of her part in the Boodles heist: https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/4-2m-of-diamonds-swiped-under-the-nose-of-the-boss/ Hatton Garden: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/23/one-last-job-inside-story-of-the-hatton-garden-heist Hosted and produced: Carolina Herranz-Carr Featuring: Josh Mellor, Sophia Dourou and Cameron Charters Music by Setuniman freesound.org/people/setuniman/sound Follow us on Twitter: @trialbymedia // Contact us // Charlie: @CharlieDanJones Carolina: @CHerranzCarr Sophia: @SophiaDourou

You are not allowed in a youth court, but we are. In this episode we look at the teenagers who killed Jodie Chesney, the kids who targeted two women riding a London night bus in a homophobic attack and a 16-year-old labelled the ‘emoji rapist’. In this episode we talked about: Melania Geymonat and Christine Hannigan bus attack: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-50600887 Emoji rapist: https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/stoned-rapist-sent-laughing-emojis/ Hosted by: Charlie Jones Featuring: Sophia Dourou, Carolina Herranz-Carr and Cameron Charters Produced by: Carolina Herranz-Carr Music by Setuniman freesound.org/people/setuniman/sound Follow us on Twitter: @trialbymedia // Contact us // Charlie: @CharlieDanJones Carolina: @CHerranzCarr Sophia: @SophiaDourou

Content warning: We talk about murder, domestic violence and sexual assault. Stephen Port and Gerald Matovu used Grindr, GHB and Devil’s Breath. They killed Irish danger Eric Michels, actor Adrian Murphy, fashion student Anthony Walgate, artist Gabriel Kovari, chef Daniel Whitworth and truck driver Jack Taylor. Zahid Younis is a dangerous man who killed women. Hungarian Henrietta Szucs and mother of three Jan Mustafa were found in a fridge-freezer after being abused and manipulated. This is how their killers were treated by the courts - and by the media. In this episode we talked about: Stephen Port: https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/stephen-port-driven-murder-insatiable-appetite-sex/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38102454 Port’s former dealer Gerald Matovu: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-49661915 Zahid Younis: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/murder-freezer-east-london-zahid-younis-henriett-szucs-mihrican-jan-mustafa-canning-town-a9704206.html Joel Osei and Diana Cristea: https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/i-was-off-my-head-on-coke-says-devils-breath-grifter/ Hosted by: Charlie Jones Featuring: Cameron Charters, Sophia Dourou and Carolina Herranz-Carr Produced by: Carolina Herranz-Carr Music by Setuniman freesound.org/people/setuniman/sound Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trialbymedia // Contact us on Twitter // Charlie: @CharlieDanJones Carolina: @CHerranzCarr Sophia: @SophiaDourou

In our pilot episode we take a look into court cases involving celebrities, and the inevitable drama and high stakes that follow. Johnny Depp lost his libel case against the Sun after it branded him a wife beater. Former Tory MP Charlie Elphicke is in prison for sexual assault while ex-Blue Peter presenter John Leslie was twice acquitted of the crime. HRH Meghan Markle is suing the Mail for violating her privacy. Julian Assange is awaiting extradition to the US for hacking into computers with Chelsea Manning. This is the story of how they were tried by the courts - and by the media. In this episode we talk about: Johnny Depp’s libel trial: courtnewsuk.co.uk/depp-was-wearing…alleged-assault/ Disgraced former presenter John Leslie’s sexual assault trial: courtnewsuk.co.uk/disgraced-former…-but-no-monster/ Meghan Markle suing Associates Newspapers for publishing correspondence to her father Thomas Markle: courtnewsuk.co.uk/no-evidence-for-markle-claims/ Hosted and produced: Carolina Herranz-Carr Featuring: Charlie Jones, Sophia Dourou and Cameron Charters Music by Setuniman freesound.org/people/setuniman/sound Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trialbymedia // Contact us on Twitter // Charlie: @CharlieDanJones Carolina: @CHerranzCarr Sophia: @SophiaDourou