Crown Court venue dealing with criminal cases in London
Two teenagers have pleaded guilty to hacking Transport for London in 2024, triggering a multi-day intrusion that disrupted services, exposed millions of personal data, and forced 27,000 TfL staff to reset passwords in person. They have been jailed for five years and six months.
A 20-year-old prisoner, Marwan Jumaa, has absconded from a hospital transfer in Greater Manchester. He is deemed a risk to himself and others. Police are appealing for information and warning the public not to approach him as the search continues across multiple localities.
Five Palestine Action activists convicted of criminal damage at a Barclays branch in Burnley in August 2024 face possible terrorist sentencing after the judge considers a “terrorist connection” to the offence. The development follows Woolwich and Bristol cases where such a connection was recognised.
Seven people have been charged with malicious damage for a March 8, 2025 protest at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort and prosecutors have alleged the offences were "aggravated by reason of having a terrorist connection." The first hearing has been adjourned to October; critics warn terrorist-linked sentencing will greatly lengthen prison terms for protest offences.
Three Iranian-born men have gone on trial at Woolwich Crown Court accused of conducting surveillance in London that prosecutors say assisted Iran’s intelligence service and aimed to enable serious violence against critics including two Iran International journalists and a UK lawyer. The defendants deny the charges and have pleaded not guilty.