manuel petrovic is the first defendant in the trial to give evidence. as a drug dealer. he maintained various phones for supplying a number of customers with different drugs, right up to class a and he recalled how on the 1st of march, this year, he was helping out another drug dealer, he said his friend and co—defendant, who had called him saying he needed a favour and that he needed a left to pick up some drugs in east london. and manuel petrovic described how he drove him and two other defendants who are 16 and 17 and can't be named, toa who are 16 and 17 and can't be named, to a park in harold tel in east london, on a friday night. that is the part wherejodie chesney east london, on a friday night. that is the part where jodie chesney was spending her night with friends, she was stabbed in the back and died of a serious stab wind. manuel petrovic said today that his co—defendants got back into his car and he had no idea what had happened. he said he never noticed any blood. he said he didn't know the victim or any of her friends and he had no idea t

manuel petrovic, who's 20, says he drove his co—defendants to the park but never got out of the car,m news reports the following day. all four deny murder. first musician, then comedian and actor, and now writer — for 50 years, sir billy connolly has been one of britain's most successful and popular entertainers. the big yin — as he's known — has now written a book about storytelling and his most famous stand—up routines. he met our arts editor, will gompertz, in his home city of glasgow to talk about his comedy, scotland and living with parkinson's disease. and so he picks on davey who lives in a council house. he says, "what do you reckon you would get if you sold your house?" and davey says, "about 60 days." laughter. this particular theatre, the kings, is very good because it's vertical. it's got three gods and the sound tends to come at you like a wall. "yes, i do." "i do know you." i said, "do you think we could go in?" do you think, "actually, do you know what, i'd like to give it one more go, i'd like to do another night here?" yes. but not right now. i'm not ready. "i know y

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today we had the start of the defence of the four defendants, and we heard from 20—year—old manuel petrovicarged with murder. he was questioned by his barrister, sarah forshaw qc, and really, she was asking him about what he was doing throughout the dayjodie chesney died, and to be blunt, he was dealing drugs. he had picked up around £2000 worth of class a drugs, we think cocaine in the morning, £2500 worth of cannabis, and we heard that he had spent the day dealing drugs, selling them over the phone, and meeting up with his clients. he was asked, though, by sarah forshaw qc, did he knowjodie chesney and any of her friends, who we re chesney and any of her friends, who were meeting in that park in harold hill on first march 2019? he replied, no, ididn't hill on first march 2019? he replied, no, i didn't know any of them. jon donnison, thank you very much indeed. our top story... the eu says there are promising signals that a brexit deal is now possible, following talks yesterday between the british and irish prime ministers. abandoned stations and secret spaces deep beneath london are revea