Claire Freemantle has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and seven counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after the incident in Wimbledon, southwest London.
The 49-year-old, from Edge Hill, Wimbledon, indicated through lawyers that she will plead not guilty when she appears at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 16 June.
Schoolgirls Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died in July 2023 when a Land Rover smashed through a fence at The Study Prep school, which was celebrating the last day of the summer term. More than a dozen people were also injured.
The Metropolitan Police said in June 2024 that the driver had suffered an epileptic seizure and would face no criminal charges.
But after concerns were raised by the families of the two young girls, a review of the case was carried out, and the force's Specialist Crime Command decided to reinvestigate the case.
Freemantle was arrested for the second time and released under investigation in January last year.
A statement released by Freemantle's lawyers said there are "serious questions to be answered" over why the decision to charge was reversed.
Mark Jones, criminal defence partner at Payne Hicks Beach LLP, said she would be "tortured for the rest of her life by the dreadful loss and injury" and "remains utterly devastated" by what happened.
He added: "We believe that initial decision by the CPS [Crown Prosecution Service] was the right one in these tragic circumstances and that there are serious questions to be answered about the reasons for its reversal today."
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The Met police offered an apology in a statement about their handling of the crash: "We are sorry for how we initially dealt with the incident and for the impact on those affected.
"We must now let both criminal proceedings and the independent investigation run their course.
"However, following a review of the Roads and Transport Policing Command we will be fundamentally resetting how the Met investigates fatal and serious collisions."
Separately, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is currently investigating officers for alleged racism in their handling of the case.
The watchdog previously said it was examining allegations that officers provided "false and misleading information" to the families after they raised concerns about the standard of the investigation.
The IOPC is examining complaints against 11 staff, including four serving officers and one former officer, who are being investigated for gross misconduct.
James Holder, 54, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, had gone back to the woman's home, went to the toilet and then fell asleep on her bed.
The multi-millionaire fashion boss then woke up and beckoned the woman, who was trying to sleep in the lounge, into her bedroom and raped her.
Holder had denied charges of assault by penetration and rape and said what sexual activity took place between them was consensual.
A jury at Gloucester Crown Court acquitted Holder of assault by penetration but found him guilty of rape.
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The court heard the woman was attacked in the early hours of 7 May 2022 after a night out at a bar in Cheltenham.
Holder and a friend had gone back to her home uninvited, and he attacked her after waking from a brief nap on her bed.
Giving evidence, the woman said she was crying and asking the married father-of-two to stop, but he continued.
The ordeal ended when she managed to escape the bedroom, and Holder left her home a short time later.
The woman denied suggestions from Holder's barrister that she had initiated the encounter.
Michelle Heeley KC, defending, said: "This was a drunken sexual encounter that you regret?"
She replied: "Incorrect."
The court heard businessman and philanthropist Holder was "old school and chivalrous" towards women and "adored sex".
He told the jury she had kissed him first and it was "evident what she wanted to happen".
Holder was remanded into custody ahead of sentencing at Bristol Crown Court on 7 May.
The writer was involved in a confrontation with Sophia Brooks outside the Battle Of Ideas conference in Westminster on 19 October 2024.
In November, the 57-year-old was cleared of harassment against Brooks but found guilty of criminal damage.
However, a judge today overturned that conviction after a two-day hearing at Southwark Crown Court.
Mrs Justice Amanda Tipples said the court couldn't be sure the damage was caused by Mr Linehan on the day in question.
Linehan - known for shows including Father Ted, The IT Crowd and Black Books - smiled and turned to supporters in the public gallery when the decision was read out.
He later said the outcome was "very welcome but this case should never have got to court", adding that police had failed to "properly and fairly investigate".
The verdict came after the court was shown video from the phone in the run-up to the incident.
Ms Brooks, a trans woman - who was 17 at the time of the incident, approaches Linehan and asks: "Why do you think it is acceptable to call teenagers domestic terrorists?"
Linehan is heard calling her a "sissy porn-watching scumbag," a "groomer" and a "disgusting incel" - to which she responds: "You're the incel, you're divorced."
Another clip appears to show Linehan gabbing or slapping the phone out of her hands.
Linehan's lawyer, Sarah Vine KC, told the court Ms Brooks was "misusing the justice system" and was "determined" to get the writer convicted due to his anti-trans activism and high profile.
It's another victory for Linehan after he was found not guilty of harassing her last year.
The judge in that case called Linehan's social media posts "deeply unpleasant, insulting and even unnecessary", but said they weren't "oppressive or unacceptable".
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Prosecutors also dropped a criminal probe into Linehan last year after Met Police said it would stop investigating "non-crime hate incidents".
It came after armed police arrested him on suspicion of inciting violence with his posts when he landed at Heathrow from his home in the US.
Linehan said he had to go to A&E after his blood pressure reached "stroke territory" during questioning, and his arrest was widely criticised.
Kuwait-born Abdullah Albadri, 34, was tackled by armed police after he leapt up an embassy fence armed with a pair of 10cm (four-inch) knives last May.
Jurors were told he had tried to get into the grounds in Kensington, west London, to "exact revenge" for the killing of children in Gaza.
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On Friday, a jury at the Old Bailey, which deliberated for nearly 14 hours, found him guilty of preparation of terrorist acts and possession of two bladed weapons.
Albadri was refused asylum after he twice entered the UK in small boats in 2021 and April 2025.
The defendant, who was born into the stateless Arabian Bedoon tribe, said he had been jailed and mistreated for campaigning for human rights in Kuwait.
On 28 April last year, he was seen on CCTV walking for an hour from Kilburn in northwest London to the embassy with his head covered by dark sunglasses and a distinctive red and white headscarf.
Jumped up the fence
After reaching the embassy just before 6pm, Albadri made a salute-like gesture and jumped up the 8-foot (2.4m) high metal fence.
Within seconds, two armed diplomatic protection officers reached up and grabbed the defendant, pulling him to the ground.
PC Libby Chessor told jurors it had been "challenging" pulling Albadri off the fence because he had been holding on "quite strongly".
Albadri was pinned down by officers and handcuffed before being searched.
'Got my weapons'
On police body-worn video shown in court, Albadri indicated he had "got my weapons".
Officers seized two red-handled 10cm knives with serrated blades along with pieces of paper including a "martyrdom note".
Albadri told police: "I wanna make a crime inside there, why are you stopping me?"
He went on to complain: "Why didn't you let me in?"
'Just a message'
Later, Albadri was heard on police body-worn video saying it was "just a message", before adding that: "They need to stop this f****** war on children.
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He denied preparing to commit an act of terrorism and said the knives were intended for "personal use" as he was homeless.
At trial, Albadri said he never wanted to harm anyone as it was "against my nature".
Defence barrister, Chris Henry KC, said Albadri had been in a "state of total despair" after his asylum claim was rejected, telling jurors the case "is about a human being in real distress and what is going on inside his head".
Following the verdict, Bethan David, head of the Crown Prosecution Service counter terrorism division, said Albadri "deliberately armed himself [and] concealed his identity", actions which she said, "were driven by an intention to use violence to make a political statement".
Philip Young, 49, previously admitted 48 offences relating to Joanne Young, who has waived her legal right to anonymity, over more than a decade between 2010 and 2024.
The charges include multiple counts of voyeurism, sexual assault, rape and administering a substance with intent to stupefy Ms Young, 48, "to enable himself or another to engage in sexual activity with her".
Young, who served as a Conservative Swindon borough councillor, in Wiltshire, between 2007 and 2010, previously denied eight other charges.
But he appeared at Winchester Crown Court on Friday by video-link to change his pleas to guilty.
The charges include three counts of making indecent images of children, one count of possessing prohibited images of children and four counts of possessing extreme pornography.
Judge Paul Dugdale said his pleas to a total of 56 charges mean he will not stand trial.
The charges also include 14 counts of voyeurism, 11 of rape, 11 of administering a substance with intent, seven of assault by penetration, four of sexual assault and one of publishing obscene articles.
Five other men have previously appeared in court charged with sexual offences against Mrs Young.
Dean Hamilton, 47, in February admitted one charge of assault by penetration, two of sexual assault and one of rape.
Four other men have denied charges and face trial in front of a High Court judge in October.
Norman Macksoni, 48, of Wood End Close in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, has denied one count of rape and one of possessing an extreme pornographic image.
Richard Wilkins, 61, of Toothill, Swindon, Wiltshire, has denied one count of rape and one of assault by penetration.
Connor Sanderson-Doyle, 31, of Crofton Road, Swindon, has denied sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault.
Mohammed Hassan, 37, of Torun Way in Swindon, has denied sexual touching.




