A Snapshot from Britain's Courts (VI)

Snippets of current cases from the London courts taken from Court News UK.

None of these cases seem to have been reported in the national or local press.

ONONUGA: SEX ATTACKER FORCED VICTIM TO FLEE HOUSE IN NIGHTIE
CHADWELL HEATH, ESSEX; MILTON KEYNES, BUCKS; A would-be rapist forced his terrified victim to flee her home dressed in just a skimpy nightgown, a court heard today (Mon). Onosoji Ononuga, 44, sneaked into the woman's ground floor flat in Chadwell Heath, Essex, before tip-toeing into bedroom and molesting her, it was said.


SHEIKH: ATTACKER KNOCKS WOMAN OUT WHILE CHILDREN PLAY DOWNSTAIRS
ILFORD, ESSEX. A man who repeatedly punched a woman in her own home was jailed for 12 months today (Mon). Zein Sheikh, 28, attacked the woman in a bedroom while her children were downstairs.


BARKAT:ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FACES JAIL FOR BOTTLING WAR HERO
CLAPHAM, SOUTHWEST LONDON. An illegal immigrant who launched a brutal attack on a former Royal Marine when he bravely tried to stop him causing carnage in the street faces years behind bars today (tues). Algerian Mohammed Barkat, 22, pushed a broken bottle into hero Jamie Caddis' armpit, severing an artery in the early hours rampage outside a bar.


SOYLER:SEX PEST CAFE BOSS GUILTY OF GROPING YOUNG WAITRESSES
KENTISH TOWN, NW LONDON. A sex pest cafe boss is facing possible jail after he was found guilty of repeatedly groping two young waitresses. Ramazan Soyler, 45, fondled the victims' bottoms and breasts on a daily basis while they were trying to do their jobs.


15-YEAR-OLD BULLY WHO KNIFED 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO 'LOOK TOUGH' FACES JAIL
PECKHAM, SOUTHEAST LONDON; SHEPHERD'S BUSH, WEST LONDON. A teenage bully who stabbed a 13 year-old girl in the chest to make herself look tough is facing jail. The 15 year-old was upset by rumours she had been called 'moist' - street slang for stupid - and wanted to save face.


GREWAL: STUDENT FACES JAIL FOR SEX ATTACK IN UNI HALLS
HOUNSLOW, WEST LONDON A desperate virgin who tried to rape a fellow university student on her birthday faces jail today (FRI). Amanpreet Grewal, 20, forced himself on the victim after getting drunk at her party in the Tiger Tiger bar in London's West End.


OJAJUNI: GIRL GANG MEMBER JAILED FOR THREE YEARS
STRATFORD, EAST LONDON A sadistic girl gang member who stripped a teenage rival naked and lashed her with a belt was jailed for three years today (Fri). Funmilola Ojajuni, 18, known as 'Sarah' was part of the east London 'Girls over Men' gang which had abducted the victim by knifepoint before assaulting her in a filthy alleyway.


SOMOYE:BUSINESSMAN AND WIFE ACCUSED OVER £3M MORTGAGE SCAM
CAMBERLEY, SURREY; DEWSBURY, WEST YORKS; SALFORD, MANCHESTER; LEICESTER. A Nigerian businessman and his wife appeared in court today (Thurs) accused of taking part in a £3million mortgage scam. Dr Adesina Somoye, 51, and Laikeun Looi-Somoye, 47, allegedly plotted with a fraud ring to pocket home loans and launder the proceeds.


GIRLS STAMPED ON MAN'S LEG TIL IT BROKE AFTER HE TOLD THEM OFF FOR SWEARING
LAMBETH, SW LONDON. Two 16-year-old girls acted like 'wild animals' when they stamped on a man's leg until he heard it crack after he told them off for swearing, a court heard today (Thurs). The pair pulled stroke victim Patrick De-Cambre to the ground before punching and kicking him 'too many times to remember', jurors heard.


TEEN FOOTBALLER FACING RAPE RETRIAL
HACKNEY, EAST LONDON; A promising young footballer accused of repeatedly raping a schoolgirl over a nine day period is now facing a retrial. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named, allegedly forced the 14-year-old virgin to have sex with him in an alleyway, a toilet and in a park.


AHMMADI:THREE TEENAGERS ACCUSED OF MURDERING MAN FOR HIS BLACKBERRY
THORNTON HEATH, CROYDON, SURREY. Three teenagers accused of murdering a man for his Blackberry mobile phone will stand trial in April next year. Jegir Ahmmadi, 19, and two 17 year-old boys allegedly robbed Saravanakumar Sellappan on the evening of October 17 this year.


OMAR:EIGHT YEARS FOR KNIFE YOB WHO NEARLY KILLED TAKEAWAY DELIVERYMAN
HACKNEY, EAST LONDON. A teenager who stabbed a takeaway delivery man in the chest was jailed for eight years today (Mon). Ahmed Omar, 18, pounced on Carlos Alberto as he dropped-off a Chinese meal at a block of flats.


ABELKADER: JEALOUS EX SPARED JAIL FOR NURSERY OUTBURST
ST JOHN'S WOOD, KILBURN, NW LONDON; A stalker who burst into a nursery and accused a mother of being a prostitute narrowly escaped jail today (Fri). Raezki Abdelkader, 35, ran into Portman Early Childhood Centre in St John’s Wood, northwest London, claiming to be the father of one of the children.


MUSA: PERVERT STALKER JAILED FOR HARASSMENT CAMPAIGN
PECKHAM, LEWISHAM, SE LONDON; A convicted sex attacker who forced a student out of her home with a 'disgusting' harassment campaign was jailed for 18 months today (FRI). Saed Musa, 28, stalked the young woman for eight days to declare his love for on the doorstep of her one-bedroom flat in Peckham, southeast London.