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Portsmouth Crown Court listings, Friday 9 October 2026

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The daily list published by HM Courts and Tribunals Service for Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday 9 October 2026, with what the HMCTS status board showed through the day and any outcome confirmed by the police. Lists change at short notice and a listing says nothing about guilt.

  • 84 cases listed
  • 17 cases on the court board
  • 5 courtrooms sitting
  • Sentencing hearings: 9
  • Trials: 1
  • Other hearings: 1
  • Listed, not yet called: 6

Heard so far today

  • Sentencing hearings (9): Michael Alan Clifton-Smith (Resume); Shaun Bernard New (Case Started); Peter Barry Balcombe; Mark Lee Holland (Case Started); Florian Shehu; Rosie Evans-Foster; Max O''Neill, Noah Critchley (Prosecution Opening); Jade Charlotte McFarlane; Stacy Gooding
  • Trials (1): Christopher Stephen Edmunds
  • Other hearings (1): Duane Foster
  • Listed, not yet called (6): Maria-Emanuela Statescu; Rudson De-Souza; Eraldo Topalli; Karen Anne Constant, Richard Brian Featherstone; Portsmouth Crown Court; Graham Paul Keeley
DefendantCase numberHearingEvents on the board
Court 1
MARIA-EMANUELA STATESCU44PC0624126Listed, not called
PETER BARRY BALCOMBE47WC0349426For Sentence12:27 Case Started
ROSIE EVANS-FOSTER44PC0188926Committal for Sentence14:39 Case Started → 15:37 Resume
Court 3
CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN EDMUNDS44PC0907823For Trial11:08 ; Defence Closing Speech
RUDSON DE-SOUZA47WC2568426Listed, not called
PORTSMOUTH CROWN COURT44PC1096725Listed, not called
JADE CHARLOTTE MCFARLANE44PC0606725For Sentence14:54 Resume
Court 4
MICHAEL ALAN CLIFTON-SMITH44LN0085926
44LN0226625		Committal for Sentence11:14 Resume
MARK LEE HOLLAND44PC0744326Committal for Sentence12:25 Case Started
KAREN ANNE CONSTANT
RICHARD BRIAN FEATHERSTONE		44PC0186126Listed, not called
MAX O''NEILL
NOAH CRITCHLEY		44LN0071925
44LN0055025
44LN0197125
44LN0153324		For Sentence14:42 Prosecution Opening → 14:56 Prosecution Opening
STACY GOODING47WC3026525For Sentence15:40 Case Started
Court 6
DUANE FOSTER44PC0957625
44PC0536926		Further Case Management11:16 Case Started
GRAHAM PAUL KEELEY47WC1018126
47WC0911226
47WC3254625
47WC2462926		Listed, not called
Court 7
SHAUN BERNARD NEW44PC0321725
44PC0390926		For Sentence11:03 Case Started
ERALDO TOPALLI44PC0755926Listed, not called
FLORIAN SHEHU44PC0547626For Sentence12:55 Case Started

Daily list

CourtroomTimeDefendantCase numberHearingNotes
Court 1 Recorder Ramel
Court 110:00JOSHUA CLARK44PC0738824
44PC0896425		For Application For BailDefendant excused, Counsel via CVP
Court 110:00ROSIE EVANS-FOSTER44PC0188926Committal For Sentence
Court 110:00MARIA-EMANUELA STATESCU44PC0624126For SentenceDefendant via CVP from HMP pre court 10:00 in court 10:15, Defence counsel via CVP
Court 110:00PETER BALCOMBE47WC0349426For SentenceDefendant via CVP from HMP pre court 11:15 in court 11:30, Prosecution counsel via CVP
Court 110:00RUDSON DE-SOUZA47WC2568426Committal For SentenceDefendant to be produced
Court 110:00STACY GOODING47WC3026525For Sentence
Court 3 His Honour Judge Ashworth
Court 310:00CHRISTOPHER EDMUNDS44PC0907823Trial (Part Heard)
Court 314:00GRAHAM KEELEY47WC1475826
47WC2462926
47WC0911226		Committal For SentenceDefendant to be produced
Court 310:00GRAHAM KEELEY47WC1018126
47WC3254625		Committal For SentenceDefendant to be produced
Court 310:00JADE MCFARLANE
MARK HOPE		44PC0606725For Sentence
Court 4 His Honour Judge D Sawyer
Court 410:00MICHAEL CLIFTON-SMITH44LN0085926
44LN0226625		Committal For Sentence
Court 410:00LIAM MCCARTHY44SC0416926For Application For Dismissal Of Charges
Court 410:00CALLUM WILLIAMS44PC0407524For Sentence
Court 410:00DEREK -BROWN44PC0883925Committal For SentenceProsecution via CVP
Court 410:00NICHOLAS HOSELL44PC0044925Committal For Sentence
Court 410:00KAREN CONSTANT
RICHARD FEATHERSTONE		44PC0186126For Sentence
Court 410:00MARK HOLLAND44PC0744326Committal For SentenceDefendant to be produced
Court 414:00MAX O'NEILL
NOAH CRITCHLEY		44LN0055025
44LN0153324
44LN0197125		For SentenceDefendants via CVP from HMP pre court 13:45 in court 14:00, Counsel for O'NEILL via CVP
Court 6 His Honour Judge Melville KC
Court 610:00CALUM ROBERTSON44PC0318326For Application For BailDefendant excused, Counsel via CVP
Court 610:00MICHAL BAK47WC3226525For Application To Vary Bail ConditionsDefendant excused, Counsel via CVP
Court 610:00DUANE FOSTER44PC0957625
44PC0536926		Further Case ManagementDefendant via CVP from HMP pre court 10:15 in court 10:30
Court 610:00GARRETT GRAHAM44BB0661619Trial (Part Heard)Nhmpm; Cps
Court 614:00KYLIE MANCELL44PC0021226
44PC1096725		For Review
Court 610:00KYLIE MANCELL44PC0517326Committal For Sentence
Court 7 Recorder Murray
Court 710:00ERALDO TOPALLI44PC0755926For SentenceDefendant to be produced
Court 710:00BENJAMIN PEACE44PC0574526For SentenceProsecution via CVP
Court 710:00RHYS DAVIES44PC0559226For Sentence
Court 710:00FLORIAN SHEHU44PC0547626For SentenceDefendant to be produced
Court 710:00SHAUN NEW44PC0390926
44PC032725		For SentenceDefendant via CVP from HMP pre court 10:45 in court 11:00

Hearing types on this page

For Sentence
A hearing at which the judge passes sentence after a guilty plea or conviction. It can be adjourned for reports.
For Trial
The trial itself, before a judge and jury.
Committal for Sentence
A case sent to the Crown Court by the magistrates because their sentencing powers were not enough.

Source: HMCTS daily list and XHIBIT status board, Open Government Licence v3.0. "Hearing finished" means the hearing ended; it does not state the outcome.