Trial dates have been set for those arrested in the wake of a shooting and multiple stabbings in Watford this summer.

A man in his 20s was shot, leaving him in a life-threatening condition, following a run-in with the occupants of a black BMW on the A41 North Western Avenue, near junction 5 of the M1, at around 5.20pm on July 25.

It came after Herts Police were called to reports that two people had entered a shop with knives and assaulted a man, leaving him requiring hospital treatment, just before 10.20pm on July 23.

During the summer, police said that they were linking a series of reports including that assault, the shooting, reports that a man had been stabbed in Brocklesbury Close at around 12.15am on July 24, and disorder in Meriden Park earlier on July 25.

Several people appeared in court in connection with the incidents on Monday (November 2).

Following this, the Watford Observer can confirm details of multiple trials set to take place in 2025 and 2026.

The following people were due to appear in St Albans Crown Court on Friday (November 27), before this was postponed to Monday:

  • Marcel Gordon, of Garsmouth Way, Watford, was charged with violent disorder which occurred in Meriden Park on July 25. The 18-year-old pleaded not guilty to the offence and remains in custody.
  • Desmond Bonato, of Raphael Drive, Watford, was charged with violent disorder which occurred in Meriden Park on July 25. The 18-year-old pleaded guilty to the offence and remains in custody for sentencing at a future date.
  • In August, Herts Police charged Hekmat Galmne, of Village Way in Pinner, with attempted murder in connection with the A41 shooting. He appeared in court on Monday but did not enter a plea. The 26-year-old remains remanded in custody.
  • Carlito Dujon, 20, of Dodd Road, Watford, who is charged with attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, in connection with the A41 shooting, did not appear in court. He remains remanded in custody.

(Image: Newsquest) The following court dates relate to one or more of the incidents:

  • Marcel Gordon, Desmond Bonato, Hekmat Galmne, and Carlito Dujon will appear for a trial at Reading Crown Court, with a provisional date set for May 19, 2025. Emmanjuel Nyamutenha, 18, of King Georges Avenue, Watford, and two 17-year-old boys who cannot be named for legal reasons will also be part of the same trial. The trio were arrested following reports of an assault in Brocklesbury Close on July 24.
  • Zarmina Galmne, 24, of Village Way, Pinner, London, and Selin Johnson, 24, of High Meadow Crescent, London, who were charged with perverting the course of justice and are on bail, will stand trial at St Albans Crown Court in March 2026.
  • Almamie Jawara, 19, of Leveret Close, Watford, will next appear for trial at St Albans Crown Court on March 17, 2025. Jawara was charged with attempted murder in relation to reports of gunshots in Woolmerdine Court, Bushey, in September. At the time, police said they believed it to be a “targeted incident as part of an ongoing dispute”.