Mr Hoque has been called to the stand along with a Bengali interpreter.

Mr Hoque told the court he worked for firm A1 Taxi, based in Romford, and drove a black Toyota Prius on the night of 1 March.

Jurors were shown CCTV footage of Mr Hoque's car dropping off Svenson Ong-a-Kwie and another defendant at the hostel where Mr Ong-a-Kwie was living.

The CCTV shows the second defendant can be seen gesturing to the driver that he will be "one minute" and to "wait there". Mr Ong-A-Kwie goes inside the property.

Both defendants then get back into the car and are driven to Harold Hill at just after 20:15 GMT.

Mr Aylett asked Mr Hoque if he remembers the particular pick up to which he replied yes.

Minicab drivers Mahbubal Hoque and Adem Tekkol, will be called to the witness stand in due course.

They will receive questions in regards to their trips with Svenson Ong-a-Kwie and a defendant who cannot be named for legal reasons.

Judge Joseph QC and the jury has been sent out as a screen is set up for the next witness.

Defence barrister Sarah Forshaw QC, representing Manuel Petrovic, asked Liam Chesney if he was a regular customer of Mr Petrovic.

Mr Chesney replied: "Yes".

Miss Foreshaw then asked Mr Chesney if Mr Petrovic was ever violent.

"Never," he said.

Miss Foreshaw continued to ask if Mr Chesney was shocked when he saw a picture of Mr Petrovic on Facebook, connecting him with Jodie's death.

"Yes I was shocked," he said. "I thought it was completely out of character."

Crispin Aylett QC has asked Mr Chesney what relationship he had with defendant Manuel Petrovic.

"I picked up cannabis up from him a few times" mainly "outside Queen's Hospital in Romford", he said.

The last time he saw Mr Petrovic in person was in October 2018, he explained,

On the night Jodie was killed he texted Mr Petrovic along with other drug dealers he had saved on his phone under the title "DD" - meaning drug dealer.

Jodie's cousin Liam Chesney, 21, has entered the court to begin giving his witness statement.

As the murder trial entered its second week, the jury first heard evidence from Kasey Henderson - the 18-year-old twin brother of Bryce Henderson who arranged for cannabis to be delivered to Amy’s Park where Jodie was stabbed.

Although Kasey (pictured) told the court he did not see the stabbing, the teenager described hearing “the ripping of fabric” and “a piece of metal” adding that he initially thought his bag had been stolen.

He then described “confusion and hysteria” between the group of friends after they realised Jodie had been stabbed in the back.

Another friend, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told jurors she heard Jodie scream “very loudly” and she said she shone a light from her phone onto Jodie’s back and “could see a hole about 2-3cm”.

Two brothers, Kane and Joshua Compton, also gave evidence in court on Monday telling jurors about their history of drug dealings with a man known as ‘Spencer’ - the alias of Svenson Ong-a-Kwie.

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The trial into four people charged with the murder of 17-year-old Jodie Chesney has resumed for its sixth day.

Jurors are expected to hear from three witnesses throughout the day.