Five plead not guilty to murder of Joanne Penney

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5 people have pleaded not guilty in connection to the murder of 40 year old Joanne Penney, as well as a number of others also pleading not guilty to firearms and organised crime-related charges. An inquest found that Joanne Penney was killed by a gunshot to the chest which caused fatal injuries to her heart and lung.

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00:00Five people have pleaded not guilty to the murder of a woman who was shot dead at a house

00:05in Talbot Green earlier this year.

00:0740-year-old Joanne Penny was found with serious injuries at a property in Sleis Issted on

00:12March 9th after emergency services were called to the address and were unable to save her

00:17and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

00:19A post-mortem later revealed she died after being shot in the chest, with the bullet causing

00:23fatal injuries to her heart and lungs.

00:27On Monday, seven people appeared before Cardiff Crown Court to deny a series of charges relating

00:31to Ms Penny's death.

00:33Joshua Gordon, 27, Marcus Huntley, 20, Jordan Mills Smith, 33, Christina Genova, 21 and Tony

00:40Porter, 68, all pleaded not guilty to murder.

00:43All five, along with two other defendants, Sy Raj Man and Molly Cooper, also denied taking

00:48part in the activities of an organised crime group between March 2023 and March 2024.

00:55Sy Raj Man, who's 25, of no fixed address, also denied possessing a modified 8mm self-loading

01:01pistol without authority.

01:03Meanwhile 33-year-old Molly Cooper from Leicester pleaded not guilty to possessing 16 reloaded

01:08blank cartridges containing improvised projectiles, also without a firearm certificate.

01:14An eighth person charged with Ms Penny's murder, 39-year-old Melissa Qualey Dasva, was not in court

01:20but also due to stand trial.

01:22In a statement released shortly after her death, Joanne's family said they were devastated

01:27by the loss of someone they described as a daughter, mother, sister and niece loved deeply

01:31by all who knew her.

01:33Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clark, the recorder of Cardiff, confirmed that all defendants will remain

01:37in custody ahead of a nine-week trial scheduled to begin in October.

01:41James Peter Watkins, reporting for Local TV.

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