Monday 23 May
• David Simmonds will make his first appearance at Nottingham Crown Court in relation to the murder of Jia Ashton. Mrs Ashton, an employee of Thorntons, disappeared on 10 March and was found dead three days later.
Wednesday 25 May
• We expect the jury to retire in the trial of Lord Hanningfield, who was charged last year with six counts under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 for false accounting in relation to his Parliamentary expenses.
