Man and two teenagers in dock accused of murder of Jaydon James, 16, in Coventry street - The Coventry Observer

Man and two teenagers in dock accused of murder of Jaydon James, 16, in Coventry street

Coventry Editorial 21st Oct, 2019   0

A YOUNG man and two teenagers have appeared together in the dock at Warwick Crown Court accused of the murder of a 16-year-old boy in a Coventry street.

Jaydon James died in hospital after being stabbed during an incident in Deedmore Road, Wood End, Coventry, at shortly before midnight on November 24 last year.

Abdirazac Abdi (20) of Foleshill Road, Coventry, and two 17-year-olds, who cannot be named because of their ages, have been charged with Jaydon’s murder.

They also face two further charges of allegedly wounding two of the youngster’s friends who were with him with intent to cause them grievous bodily harm.




The three of them had been due to enter pleas to the three charges, but prosecutor Michael Burrows QC told the judge: “We do not ask for arraignment today.”

He explained that legal applications could be made in respect of two of the defendants, and they should not be arraigned until those had been heard.


But, in anticipation of not guilty pleas, he said a date of February 24 next year had been fixed for the trial, which is expected to last for four to six weeks, to start.

Mr Burrows pointed out that that was within the ‘custody time limits,’ the time within which defendants in custody should be tried unless there is an application to extend it, for all three defendants.

Judge Andrew Lockhart QC asked what the issues would be in the trial.

He was told by Mr Burrows that for one of the 17-year-olds it centred on identification, and ‘in the case of the other two it will be presence.’

Adjourning the case until a further hearing, which is expected to take place just before Christmas, Judge Lockhart ordered that analysis of the defendants’ phones by a prosecution expert should be served on the defence by November 15.

Remanding all three in custody, he told them: “There are applications your lawyers will be making, and I will hear those before Christmas.”

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