Claire Freemantle was 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.

Schoolgirls Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau, both eight, 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.

At Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, Freemantle, of Edge Hill, Wimbledon, was given permission to sit behind her lawyer, rather than in the dock, for the hearing.

She spoke to confirm her identity and was not asked to enter any pleas.

Defending barrister Sallie Bennett-Jenkins KC asked for Freemantle to be allowed to sit in the well of the court, rather than in the dock, due to concerns over her health.

Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring sent the case to the Old Bailey for a further hearing on 14 July.

Freemantle was released on unconditional bail.

She is accused of killing Nuria and Selena, as well as causing serious injury to Nuria's mother Smera Chohan and another mother named Tamsyn Van De Vyver in the crash.

A third mother and her seven-month-old baby were also injured, as well as two eight-year-old girls and a seven-year-old girl.

Freemantle's lawyers have previously said she intends to plead not guilty to the charges.

The Metropolitan Police said in June 2024 that the driver of the vehicle in the crash 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.

Freemantle, 49, was arrested for the second time and released under investigation in January last year.

The 16-year-old defendant, who cannot be named, is accused of killing Aria Thorpe at her home in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, on 15 December 2025.

She died from a single stab wound to her heart and lung.

The jury at Bristol Crown Court heard the defendant, who was 15 at the time, had been seen on CCTV at Worle train station just minutes after the attack.

Footage from the train station played in court appears to show the defendant talking to a group of young people on the platform who he knew from school.

In a police interview, one girl from the group, who was aged 12 at the time, described how the defendant was "trying to get away as quick as he could".

She said: "He was shaking a lot. He just kept saying, 'I need to get away'."

When asked what he needed to get away from, the court was told he replied: "Everything. The police... everything."

The girl said that one member of the group asked whether he had killed someone, as a joke.

She described how the teenager did not respond, but just smiled.

The defendant is seen in footage running to a train on the opposite platform.

Minutes later, police boarded and led him away.

The court also heard from a man who performed CPR on Aria after finding her lying "face down" with her school top "covered in blood."

Ollie Sheppard, a family friend who had been staying at the home, was asked about the moment he returned to the property from work nearby.

"I thought nobody was home, it was quiet," he said.

He added the house was "very eerie", saying: "It felt cold and weird. Everything was silent. I shouted out 'hello, is anyone home?'. I turned around, I see Aria on the floor."

He told the jury he thought Aria was "messing around".

"I could see there was blood on her arm, and her school top was covered in blood," he said.

Mr Sheppard described how his first instinct was to call Aria's mother - but there was no answer.

He then called 999, and was instructed to begin CPR.

"Obviously, when I first rolled her over, her school T-shirt was covered in blood. I pulled up her top to give her CPR correctly," he said.

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The court also heard evidence from a neighbour who described hearing shouting next door.

Shalyna Chaplain said the shouting became "progressively louder".

"I became aware of a commotion, shouting next door," she told the jury. "It sounded like two teenage boys arguing. It was loud. It was shouting, but it was upset rather than aggressive. It was like two people shouting who were upset."

The court heard, through a written statement, that Miss Chaplain's partner, who had been working upstairs at the time, heard shouts of "no, no, no" in a "tone of disbelief".

The defendant denies murder, and an alternative charge of manslaughter.

The trial continues.

Prince William became the first senior royal to enrol there in 1995, while Prince Harry attended from 1998.

It was a decision William and Kate long deliberated over, with reports they'd visited several schools before plumping for Eton, including co-ed Marlborough College, Kate's old school.

But there's one obvious advantage to Eton College - its location.

Just over the river from Windsor Castle, it's a short 15-minute drive from Forest Lodge, George's family home.

And of course his dad knows the school well.

Its handy location meant William often visited his grandmother for tea at Windsor while he was a pupil.

But the prestige of Eton has a hefty price tag. The annual fees would set you back £21,099.60 per term for 2025/26, set across three terms, according to the college's website.

Among the old boys, no less than 20 British prime ministers, from Sir Robert Walpole in the 1700s to David Cameron and Boris Johnson.

Other Old Etonians include George Orwell, Eddie Redmayne and Damian Lewis.

The college is steeped in archaic tradition, with the boys still wearing tailcoats.

George, 12, who made an appearance with his family at the Trooping the Colour ceremony at the weekend, is currently studying at Lambrook School, a private prep school in Berkshire, where he boards.

The school is also attended by his siblings, Princess Charlotte, 11, and eight-year-old Prince Louis.

The press were allowed to record William's first day at Eton with his parents, Charles and Diana, the then Prince and Princess of Wales, and brother Harry, with the family pictured as the young prince signed in on 6 September, 1995.

Five years later, aged 18, William was interviewed about his time at the school, and said: "I've really enjoyed being able to go about Eton as just another student."

The 56-year-old supermodel is challenging the results of an investigation into Fashion For Relief, a charity merging fashion and philanthropy, which found that just a small proportion of money raised went to actual good causes.

She claims she was a "victim of fraud and forgery" - including a fake email account said to have been used to impersonate her in communications with lawyers.

In a statement before the hearing, she said her own investigation had revealed "identity fraud and deception", adding that it "helps uncover why most of the funds weren't used as intended".

Fashion For Relief, which she founded, was dissolved and removed from the register of charities in 2024, amid allegations that its funds had been used to pay for a five-star hotel stay in Cannes, spa treatments, and even cigarettes.

Ms Campbell was one of three of trustees to be disqualified by the Charity Commission, which registers and regulates charities in England and Wales.

Its inquiry found that between April 2016 and July 2022, just 8.5% of the charity's overall expenditure was on charitable grants.

On Tuesday, Campbell arrived in central London to give evidence to the tribunal in person.

In a written statement, released before she gave evidence, Campbell said: "I am bringing this appeal to shine a light on the deception I believe was waged against the charity, stopping money from going to the causes it was supposed to."

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Her statement continued: "My investigation has revealed identity fraud and deception and helps uncover why most of the funds weren't used as intended.

"What my legal team has unearthed is shocking, involving fake email addresses and forged communications with the authorities.

"I am pleased the tribunal has given me the chance to speak out, to ensure those responsible are held accountable and justice is done.

"As I have said before, I have never undertaken philanthropic work for personal gain, nor will I ever do so."

In 2024, Campbell said she was "extremely concerned" by the commission's findings and said: "I was not in control of my charity, I put the control in the hands of a legal employer".

Also disqualified as trustees were Bianka Hellmich, for nine years, and Veronica Chou for four years.

Campbell was discovered as a schoolgirl, and went on to become the first black British model to appear on the cover of Vogue France.

The model welcomed her second child, a son, in 2023, following her daughter who was born in 2021.

Dylan McNamara, 26, admitted criminal damage for cutting down the tree in Shotton Colliery, County Durham.

It was felled on the evening of 10 December 2025, just hours after locals had watched the Christmas lights being switched on.

McNamara received a 10-week prison, suspended for 18 months, meaning he won't be locked up unless he commits another offence.

Magistrates in Newton Aycliffe also ordered him to do 200 hours of unpaid work and pay £520 compensation - which will come from his benefits payments.

Prosecutor Paul Doney said the tree had been a focal point for the village and had grown to 20ft tall. Its value was put at several thousand pounds.

McNamara was identified in CCTV footage and police later found a saw hidden behind his fridge.

Defence lawyer Amrit Jandoo said his actions were "probably a joke, probably some kind of attention seeking", but that McNamara himself did not know.

He said his client had been assaulted for cutting down the tree.

Sentencing magistrate William Unsworth told him: "This was not a very nice thing to do, was it, especially when it was a memorial to people who died in the wars?"

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Denise Brooks, manager of Shotton Community Centre, told Sky News that McNamara's actions were "disgraceful".

She said the tree had been growing in the centre of the village for the last 12 years and young people had developed a connection to it.

Parish council clerk Stuart Wardle said it was "very well-known locally as a war memorial".

A second person has also been charged with criminal damage over the incident and will appear in court next month.