Southwark Crown Court

Football cops’ courtroom drama gives fans a glimpse behind the scenes of the super-rich

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Saif Alrubie is acquitted of sending an intimidating email to Marina Granovskaia – PA/Jordan Pettitt Southwark Crown Court, with its bare plaster walls, threadbare carpets and mice, is a world away from the private members’ clubs, exclusive restaurants and overseas hideaways where football’s biggest names are used to speaking. And yet it was in the … Read more

Former Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia felt ‘physically threatened’ by agent Saif Alrubie

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Marina Granovskaia arrives at Southwark Crown Court where she spoke as a witness – PA/Jordan Pettitt Marina Granovskaia has described how she felt ‘physically threatened’ and how her personal safety was heightened after an email from football agent Saif Alrubie while giving evidence at his trial at Southwark Crown Court. In her first public appearance … Read more