No bail for Jessie Wright accused
Published: 23 April 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
THE man accused of murdering convent school girl Jessie Wright failed to gain his freedom on Tuesday as he awaits trial.
Old Bailey judge Richard Hone QC threw out a bail application by lawyers for Zakk Sackett, believed to have been a friend of the dead teenager.
Sackett, 19, of Outram Place, Islington, will remain in custody until at least June 14, when he will be asked to enter a plea to the murder indictment. His trial will go ahead in autumn.
Popular 16-year-old Jessie lived on the Bemerton Estate near King’s Cross station. Her body was found in a yard off Outram Place on March 4. She had been strangled.
Jessie was a former pupil of Maria Fidelis Convent School in Somers Town.
Fellow students joined her close-knit family members and friends in a march through local streets to honour her.
Family prepare for Jessie’s funeral
A HORSE and carriage will take the body of teenager Jessie Wright to her final resting place.
Jessie’s family have extended an open invitation to all of the teenager’s friends to attend her funeral service at 2pm on Friday, April 30, at St Pancras Cemetery in East Finchley.
Sixteen-year-old Jessie, whose death in March is the subject of an ongoing murder investigation, was a former pupil at Maria Fidelis Convent School and had been living with her grandmother in the Bemerton Estate, off Caledonian Road.
Her coffin will leave Kinross House, on the Bemerton Estate just after 12.30pm.
Her aunt Sarah Lucraft said: “Any friends of Jessie’s are welcome. Thanks to all of Jessie’s family and friends for their support. We’ve got a horse and carriage for her.”