Justice Jeremy Baker: Last News

hereAt Liverpool Crown Court last November, Judge Andrew Menary QC said Joe had not been intent on causing trouble, and that he was 'tragically in the wrong place, at very much the wrong time'.At the conclusion of a murder trial Momodou Jallow, 22, of Ashley Lane, Moston, was convicted of murdering Joe and jailed for life, to serve a minimum of 22 years, and Kamara, 23, of Beswick Drive, Failsworth, was jailed for 11 years for manslaughter and unlawful wounding, but cleared of murder, wounding with intent, and possessing a knife.It can now be reported that Kamara applied to the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal against his sentence.But Lord Justice Hodden-Cave, Mr Justice Jeremy Baker and Mrs Justice Moulder refused the application at a

A teenager will stand trial in Manchester after he denied preparing acts of terrorism allegedly involving homemade firearms, explosives and a 'manifesto'.

Arena attack.

Hashem Abedi was handed a record-breaking 55-year minimum term.Mr Justice Jeremy Baker said he would have imposed the most severe punishment but Abedi, now 23, was under 21 at the time he orchestrated the atrocity in 2017.The judge said the issue of whole-life sentences was a matter for Parliament to legislate rather than for judges, who are bound to sentence within the existing law.But he said in his sentencing remarks that a whole-life order would have been a "just sentence" in the "exceptional circumstances", bearing in mind the young age of the targets attending the Ariana Grande concert and how many were killed.He told the court: "I have no doubt that if the accused, like his brother, had been 21 years of age or over at the time of the

Hashem Abedi, 23, was found guilty of helping his younger sibling Salman commit the ISIS-inspired atrocity following a seven-week trial at the Old Bailey in London. A jury found Abedi guilty on 22 counts of murder; one count of attempted murder concerning those who were injured but survived the blast; and conspiring with his brother to cause an explosion.

Ariana Grande concert 'may never be freed from jail'. Jihadi Hashem Abedi helped organise the terror attack which killed 22 people, including Scots teenager Eilidh MacLeod.

court.Today, he again refused to be brought to the dock to hear his sentencing by Justice Jeremy Baker.Speaking in court, the judge said Abedi played an "integral part" in the planning and preparation of the attack at a concert where 14,000 people were in attendance.He said the starting point in his case was 30 years, as both siblings knew that by targeting the Ariane Grande gig, they were likely to kill or seriously injure many people "vulnerable due to their age".Abedi was convicted for the murder of 22 people at the pop concert in 2017.Justice Baker said that although Salman Abedi assembled the bomb after he returned to the UK from Libya alone, he is "entirely satisfied that he was only able to do so as a result of the extensive

The cowardly brother of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber has been jailed for at least 55 years for the terror attack that killed 22 and injured hundreds after an Ariana Grande concert.

Manchester Arena mass murderer Hashem Abedi has refused to enter court to be sentenced for his role in the bombing.The 23-year-old, the younger brother of homegrown suicide bomber Salman Abedi, was absent from the Old Bailey's courtroom number two on Wednesday, having effectively withdrawn from the trial part-way through, although he was said to be in the building.Family members of some of the 22 people killed in the atrocity were present as Mr Justice Jeremy Baker was informed of Manchester-born Hashem's refusal to attend.Other relatives of victims and survivors are following the hearing by live link from Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Glasgow.Addressing the court at the start of a two-day hearing, the judge said: "I have required in

Jurors have been told to put aside any feelings of sympathy or emotion when they retire to consider verdicts in the trial of Manchester Arena bombing accused Hashem Abedi.

Accused Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi shared a 'common goal' with his suicide bomber brother, acting as his chauffeur, quartermaster and munitions expert in the months before the attack, his murder trial was told.