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Investigators looking into the murder of WPc Yvonne Fletcher are closer than they have "ever been" to achieving justice for her family, one of her former colleagues has said.
John Murray, who witnessed the 1984 shooting outside the Libyan embassy in London, said he is confident that one of the key suspects will soon be arrested. He also claimed a member of Libya's new government had assured him that Matouk Mohammed Matouk would stand trial if he is caught.
The former Pc was standing just yards from WPc Fletcher when she was gunned down while policing a protest. At the time, he vowed to track down her killers and has now travelled to Libya as part of his attempt to seek justice.
Mr Murray told the BBC: "Twenty-seven years is a very long time but my trip here to Libya has brought me closer than ever to a final conclusion.
"It's the closest we've ever been. It's strange, here in Tripoli, the support from the Libyan people, the support from the NTC (National Transitional Council), they all know about Yvonne Fletcher, they all know what happened. They all know the people who were responsible and I'm really overwhelmed by their support."
Matouk is the only suspect in the shooting believed still to be alive. Mr Murray said: "We believe he's still in Tripoli. The NTC are actively looking for him as well but I've got no doubt that very, very soon he will be detained."
He also said that Abdul Hafiz Ghoga, the NTC's vice-chairman, had offered him "tremendous hope", saying that if the man is detained, he will be prosecuted and could potentially be extradited to Britain.
Remembering the shooting of WPc Fletcher, Mr Murray told how he "cradled her head" in an ambulance before she died, promising his colleague he would find her attackers.
"When she was still conscious, I said to her 'Don't worry, Yvonne, I will find the people who did this, don't worry, we will get them'," he said.
Last month rebel officials in Tripoli said one suspect, Abdulqadir al-Baghdadi, an official in the embassy at the time, had been shot in the head. Junior diplomat Abdulmagid Salah Ameri, who was suspected of firing the fatal shots, was never traced after he was deported along with other embassy officials after an 11-day stand-off and is thought to have died.
Drinkers may be putting themselves at risk by mixing alcohol with energy drinks, a new report has warned.
According to a new paper by charity Alcohol Concern, caffeine in energy drinks can mask the effects of alcohol and make drinkers less aware of how drunk they are.
Andrew Misell, of Alcohol Concern, said: "Both caffeine and alcohol are diuretics, they cause the body to pass water, so mixing energy drinks with alcohol can leave drinkers badly dehydrated, possibly leading to vomiting, nausea, and other health problems in the long term.
"What's more dangerous, perhaps, is that the stimulant effect of so much caffeine can mask the depressant effect of the alcohol.
"People drinking energy drinks with alcohol may feel very alert and not realise how drunk they are. One possible result of this is that drinkers will take more risks."
According to the charity, a study in the USA found that students drinking alcohol mixed with energy drinks were four times more likely to intend to drive compared with drinkers who had consumed alcohol without energy drinks.
Favourite mixes of alcohol and energy drinks include the Jagerbomb (a shot of the 70%-proof German digestif Jagermeister with caffeinated drink Red Bull) and the double vodka and Red Bull cocktail.
Two Jagerbombs are on offer for just £5.99 in central London, an area where drink prices can be high.
A double vodka and Red Bull can also be bought for £5.99 in the same area.
Alcohol Concern has urged energy-drink producers to warn consumers of the possible dangers of mixing their products with alcohol. The charity also wants bars and clubs to stop promoting energy drinks as mixers for alcohol.
A consumer watchdog has issued a super-complaint to fair trade officers about the amount holidaymakers are paying for their foreign currency.
Consumer Focus wants the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to investigate what it believes is complex charging and poor information for travellers spending money abroad.
Consumer Focus said charges for using debit or credit cards overseas were unnecessarily complex and confusing.
It added that marketing phrases such as "0% commision" and "competitive exchange rates" were misleading.
It reckons that charges to customers for exchanging money are around £1 billion per year.
Consumer Focus added that it was unclear how many of these charges were warranted and how many were excessive, which is why it was calling on the OFT to carry out its own investigation.
Consumer Focus chief executive Mike O'Connor said: "Many of us travel abroad every year and we face a confusing array of often hidden charges every time we buy currency.
"Converting £500 into euros can cost from under £10 to over £30 depending on where you switch your money. This is a huge difference for essentially providing the same service and typically banks offer the worst deals."
He went on: "If holidaymakers buy their currency from the Post Office, travel agent or bureaux de change many are stung with cash withdrawal charges by their bank, effectively for the privilege of taking money out of their own accounts.
"Individuals buy holiday money infrequently and so may not shop around much or may just stick with the same supplier. A cocktail of confusing charges and poor transparency means collectively we are losing out in a big way. We are calling on the OFT to investigate and work with the industry to send these dubious and complex charges packing."
Fears of a double-dip recession have been fuelled after the International Monetary Fund slashed the UK's growth forecast and warned the global economy is in a "dangerous new phase".
The UK will see gross domestic product grow 1.1% in 2011, compared with the IMF's latest World Economic Outlook report in April of 1.7%, and by 1.6% in 2012, compared with 2.3%.
The forecasts for the UK in 2011 fall behind projections for Germany, France, the eurozone, US and Canada.
The IMF said the US economy could be weak for years to come and warned that policymakers in the country must balance support for the economy with fiscal tightening.
The organisation, now led by former French finance minister Christine Lagarde, also said the forecasts were dependent on the eurozone debt crisis being contained.
The downgrade is the latest blow to the UK's recovery prospects after the influential think-tank OECD cut its estimate for growth amid a raft of a disappointing economic data.
The Treasury said the Government remains committed to its tough programme of spending cuts and tax reform while the unions and opposition called on Chancellor George Osborne to rethink his plans.
The gloomy outlook is unlikely to deter Mr Osborne from his deficit-busting fiscal measures as the IMF has previously given full backing to his austerity measures.
A report that ministers were contemplating channelling £5 billion extra towards infrastructure projects such as roads, railways and superfast broadband networks was denied by the Treasury.
The BBC said that the Government believed the boost could be implemented within its current strategy as fiscal targets were based around current not capital spending. A Treasury spokesman said: "The Government has set out its spending plans."
A Royal Marine who was shot dead in Afghanistan after his patrol was ambushed has been described by his mother as a "devoted, beautiful and giving son".
Marine David Fairbrother, from 42 Commando, was shot in the Helmand Province area of southern Afghanistan on Monday.
The 24-year-old, from Blackburn, Lancashire, joined the Royal Marines in November 2009 and was a qualified team medic with Kilo Company, The Black Knights.
Mother Julie Fairbrother said: "David, not only are you the sunshine of my life but you were a devoted, beautiful and giving son. I am so proud of the determination you had to become a Royal Marine.
"You were always fun loving, caring and lived life to the full. Not only were you the perfect son but you were my best friend and you will be in my thoughts forever."
His younger sister Emily said: "My brother, my best friend, my hero. The life and soul of every party."
The MoD said that Marine Fairbrother was killed while deployed in support of an Afghan National Army patrol in the village of Old Khorgajat.
Two hours into the patrol the group was engaged in small arms fire from close range and Marine Fairbrother was fatally wounded.
Commanding officers and fellow men serving with and alongside 42 Commando praised the Marine, describing him as "immensely popular".
Lieutenant Colonel Ewen Murchison MBE Royal Marines, Commanding Officer, 42 Commando Royal Marines, said: "Marine David Fairbrother was a first class Marine and a young man of rare quality. A lively character and immensely popular, he will be remembered for the constant grin he had on his face, no matter how dire the situation, and the 'dits' he told to maintain morale."
Government borrowing is expected to show another surge after figures benefited from a seasonal boost in the previous month.
Economists predict August's public sector net borrowing (PSNB), which excludes the impact of financial interventions, will total £12.4 billion compared to £20 million in July when tax receipts boosted the result.
It would still mean the Government is borrowing less than the same month a year ago, when PSNB totalled £14.4 billion, but if the predictions are accurate it will put the Government's debt reduction programme under the spotlight again.
Chancellor George Osborne has a target of cutting annual borrowings this fiscal year to £122 billion from £142.6 billion, but Philip Shaw, chief economist at investment bank Investec, says that even with last month's boost the Government is lagging behind its target by about £9 billion.
This is before the recent slowdown in the UK economy, he adds. The Government's debt reduction plan envisages Britain growing at 1.7 in 2012, but even the Chancellor conceded recently that this was too optimistic due to the eurozone's debt problems and slowing global economy.
Howard Archer, chief UK economist at IHS Global Insight, expects the UK to grow by about 1 in 2012, which would make it very difficult for the Chancellor to hit the debt reduction targets without more cuts.
So far this year, the increase in VAT in January and spending cuts has kept the borrowing target on track, but a slowing economy will hit tax receipts while also pushing up unemployment claims.
PSNB in the financial year to date of £45.4 billion is down from £47.4 billion a year ago. Total UK Government debt in July excluding financial interventions totalled £940.1 billion, or 61.4% of Britain's GDP.
British diplomatic efforts to avert a showdown over an expected push for Palestinian statehood are set to resume at the United Nations.
Foreign Secretary William Hague met with President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday as efforts to persuade the Palestinian leader not to force a Security Council vote on state recognition continued.
President Barack Obama has already said he would veto any such resolution before the Security Council. The US leader is due to meet both Mr Abbas and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of ongoing diplomatic efforts.
Reports have suggested that the so-called Middle East quartet - comprising of the UN, EU, US and Russia - are pushing for a compromise through which a Security Council vote over statehood recognition for the Palestinians is put on hold while a fresh round of negotiations take place.
Sources close to the UK negotiating team said late on Tuesday that finding a solution before Friday's speech by Mr Abbas at the United Nations would be "very difficult". But they added that "efforts to find a way out of the crisis" were ongoing.
Speaking in New York, Mr Hague said there was "no progress to report on" but that the diplomatic push continued.
Mr Hague said: "Of course we are talking about how we can get back into negotiations, get Israelis and Palestinians back into negotiations. That is our objective, it is the objective of all the European Union countries and is supported really by the whole international community."
A Foreign Office spokesman said that during the meeting between Mr Hague and Mr Abbas, the pair "compared notes on recent developments in the Middle East peace process".
Back in the UK, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said there had been "debates" at the top of Government over the UK response to a Palestinian statehood bid.
Amid reports of a split in the coalition over the issue, he added that Britain faced a "difficult judgment". The Labour Party has urged the Government to support a Palestinian proposal if it is indeed forthcoming.
Travellers at the UK's largest illegal site are due to start clearing barricades blocking access to the site, in line with a court order.
Residents of Dale Farm in Essex won an 11th-hour court injunction on Monday preventing the clearance of 51 unauthorised plots until Friday.
The court injunction required Basildon Council to give a plot-by-plot breakdown of how they plan to clear Dale Farm in Essex. But the authority wanted residents to stop blocking access to the site and to discourage non-travellers from protesting.
The travellers have said they and their supporters will work together to move barricades blocking access to the site, allowing families to bring their trailers back on to their plots, and to allow access for emergency vehicles, but they said they would oppose any attempt at entry by bailiffs.
Basildon Council has said that if it succeeds in overturning the injunction at a court hearing on Friday, action to clear the site could restart within hours. In that case, the travellers would also be liable for all costs incurred by the delay. The estimated cost of the total operation is £18 million.
Residents of Dale Farm and council bosses have been at loggerheads for the past 10 years over illegal development at the site. The homes on one half of the six-acre site are legal, but structures on the other half were put in place against planning rules and the local authority wants them to be cleared.
Dale Farm resident Mary McCarthy said: "This is what has been happening to travelling people their whole life. This is why we bought land at Dale Farm.
"We have nowhere else to go and we want a place where our kids can go to school. If we are forced to leave Dale Farm and go to a new borough, we'll just be moved on again."
Meanwhile, a group of travellers claiming to be from Dale Farm has relocated to a public park in Luton. Some 20 caravans have pitched up at Stockwood Park, a large public park on the outskirts of the town, a spokeswoman for Bedfordshire Police said. The group, who are claiming to be from Dale Farm, moved on to the land on Monday.
Luton Borough Council said it has no evidence to confirm that the group is from Dale Farm. No complaints have been received from residents around the park and police said they are keeping an eye on the situation.
A philandering music teacher who carried on an affair with his lover after brutally murdering his fiancee has been jailed for life.
Andrew Lindo, 29, who led a double life dating a string of women, strangled, battered and stabbed Marie Stewart to death before storing her body in a flight bag in the garage of their West Yorkshire home last December.
Hours later, Lindo put their two children in his car and went to collect his latest lover, Angela Rylance, then spent the night with her in the bedroom where the murder took place.
Sentencing him to life at Bradford Crown Court, Mr Justice Andrew Smith told Lindo he would serve a minimum of 22 years behind bars.
Lindo admitted killing his partner, who was the mother of his two children, but he denied murder. He claimed he lost control following a row with Miss Stewart, 30, during which he accused her of mistreating their daughter.
A jury took less than an hour to reject his claim on Tuesday.
Miss Stewart, 30, described as a caring and devoted mother who worked with disabled children, was set upon by Lindo while their children were asleep in the house in Holmfirth on December 18 last year.
Lindo - described as an "inveterate and accomplished liar" - had been living a double life, having affairs with a number of women. There was also an allegation he was involved with a 15-year-old girl.
There is a "long, hard road ahead" for the British economy, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is set to admit as he closes the Liberal Democrat conference.
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) decision to downgrade the UK's growth forecasts has heightened fears of a double dip recession and Mr Clegg will acknowledge the recovery is "fragile".
But he will reaffirm his commitment to tackling the deficit, despite critics warning that the Government's cuts programme risks choking off growth.
In his keynote speech, Mr Clegg will say: "Right now, our biggest concern is of course the economy. The recovery is fragile. Every worker, every family knows that there is a long, hard road ahead.
"But we're not in politics just to repair the damage done by Labour, to glue back the pieces of the old economy. We need to build a new economy. A new economy for the whole nation."
In an acknowledgement that the Government's austerity measures are not "easy", Mr Clegg will tell the gathering in Birmingham: "For liberals, the litmus test is always the national interest. Not doing the easy thing. Doing the right thing."
He will tell the party faithful that fairness remains what he "cares most about" and pledge to fight for it despite backing the Conservatives' drastic cuts.
Mr Clegg will say: "People keep telling me that it's too hard. That it's futile to push for fairness into the headwinds of an economic downturn, or that it will just take too long and I should find some politically convenient 'quick wins' instead. I've also encountered fierce resistance from those who do so well out of the status quo.
"But for liberals the only struggles worth having are the uphill ones. Allowing schools to put poorer children at the front of the queue for admissions, making universities open their doors to everyone, making firms work harder to get women on their boards, breaking open internships."
Mr Clegg will also use his speech to launch a strongly-worded attack on Labour over the party's reliance on trade union funding - and also criticise the Tories over party funding.
The parlous state of the UK's finances have been highlighted after official figures revealed record Government borrowing in August despite the Chancellor's austerity measures.
Public sector net borrowing, excluding financial interventions such as bank bail-outs, hit £15.9 billion in August, up £1.9 billion on the same month a year ago, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. It was the highest figure for the month since records began in 1993.
The Government borrowed more after income tax receipts fell for the first time in the month and expenditure rose after an unusually low figure in July.
This leaves current net borrowing since March at £51.5 billion, down £3.9 billion on the same period the previous year.
The figures add to doubts that Chancellor George Osborne can meet the Office for Budget Responsibility's (OBR) target of reducing the deficit to £122 billion this year. They will also heap more pressure on his austerity plans amid allegations the spending cuts are choking off the economy.
The OBR's estimates are based on assumptions that the UK's economy will grow at 1.7% this year but even the Chancellor has conceded this is too optimistic as the global economy falters.
There was some comfort for the Government after its borrowing figure for 2010/11 was revised down by £5.9 billion to £136.7 billion.
Borrowing for the first quarter of 2011 was also revised down by £2.2 billion and July's figure was reduced by £2.4 billion.
A Treasury spokesman said: "These are challenging times, but despite economic growth being lower than the OBR's forecast earlier this year, tax receipts have continued to grow and spending so far this year has grown at the rate the OBR forecast in the Budget.
"These figures also include a welcome and substantial downward revision to borrowing so far this year and to overall borrowing last year."
Retailer JD Sports Fashion has revealed that £700,000 of stock was looted in last month's riots while one of its stores has yet to reopen after suffering fire damage.
A total of 16 stores in London, Nottingham, Manchester and Birmingham were hit by the disorder, with six in London suffering "very significant thefts". The firm's losses would have been worse if not for the pre-emptive measures it took to stop looters gaining access to its stores, according to a statement.
A JD store in Woolwich in London is still closed as fire damage is repaired but the rest of the stores were reopened by August 21.
Despite the effect of the riots and store closures, the chain said like-for-like sales excluding VAT increased by 1.6% in the seven weeks to September 17, underscoring its credentials as one of the top-performing retailers.
However, it also revealed that underlying pre-tax profits declined 17% to £16 million in the half year to July 30 as its margins were squeezed by the impact of faltering consumer confidence and the increase in VAT.
The group said its performance was "excellent" given the ongoing pressure on profit margins from rising costs.
Profit margins at its fashion division, which includes its 79 Bank and 37 Scotts stores and are mainly located in the North and the Midlands, came under pressure amid fierce competition on the high street.
The fashion division's like-for-like sales increased by 5% in the half-year but its operating losses increased by £1.4 million to £3.4 million as a result of the reduced margin and investment in new stores.
Its sports division, which runs 357 JD Sports and Size? outlets, saw a 1% improvement in sales but its gross margin increased slightly in the period.
Overall like-for-like sales excluding VAT declined 0.9% in the half-year, which marks an improvement on the 2.8% fall in the first 18 weeks of that period. They have returned to positive territory since. Overall revenues increased 15% to £439.8 million in the period.
Lloyd's of London has recorded losses of £697 million following the insurance industry's costliest half year on record for catastrophes.
The specialist insurance market, which is made up of 88 underwriting syndicates, incurred £6.7 billion in claims after major natural disasters in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the United States.
Lloyd's said 2011 was set to be the second most expensive year ever for insurers but added that its own claims were being met without any call on its central fund - its fund of last resort.
Chief executive Richard Ward said: "These are tough times for the insurance industry, but we are well positioned to handle them."
The £1.2 billion of predicted claims from the Japanese tsunami and earthquake made it the fourth biggest event to impact on the London-based market. The most expensive was Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which caused claims worth 4.3 billion US dollars (£2.4 billion).
The earthquake in New Zealand and the floods in Australia are expected to cause claims of £860 million and £200 million respectively.
Wednesday's loss for the six months to June 30 - the worst in the seven years that Lloyd's has published results for the half year - compares with profits of £628 million a year ago, when it faced claims from the Chile earthquake and Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
As well as the high number of disasters, Lloyd's has had to cope with challenging investment conditions, resulting in a return of £548 million compared with £597 million a year earlier and £708 million in 2009.
Chairman Lord Levene said: "2011 has already been one of the most challenging years on record for the insurance industry with major natural catastrophes devastating communities in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the US.
"Lloyd's ability to pay billions in claims to help these communities rebuild is unquestioned and the fact that we have managed to do so without any call on our central capital reserves is testament to the market's exposure management."
A pastor who claimed he could give infertile couples "miracle babies" is to be extradited to Kenya where he stands accused of child abduction, the Home Office has confirmed.
Gilbert Deya faces trial in his home country where he is alleged to have stolen five children from a hospital between 1999 and 2004.
The self-proclaimed bishop of a church in Peckham, south London, has fought removal from Britain since 2007, claiming he faces torture and inhuman and degrading treatment if sent back.
However, the Home Office said Theresa May has formally sanctioned his extradition after he exhausted all avenues of appeal in the UK.
A spokesman for the department said: "On Tuesday 13 September the Secretary of State decided that Mr Deya's extradition should proceed.
"He has exhausted all avenues of appeal against extradition under the Extradition Act."
A decision to deport Deya was rubber-stamped by Jacqui Smith when she was home secretary in December 2007.
The evangelist then failed in a High Court appeal against the decision before being refused permission to take his case to the House of Lords.
His lawyers had argued that his human rights would be breached if he returned and claimed he is the victim of a political vendetta in Kenya.
Police in Nairobi say their investigation revolves around the disappearance of babies from Nairobi's Pumwani Maternity Hospital and involves suspects in Britain, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya.
Investigators looking into the murder of WPc Yvonne Fletcher are closer than they have "ever been" to achieving justice for her family, one of her former colleagues has said.
John Murray, who witnessed the 1984 shooting outside the Libyan embassy in London, said he is confident that one of the key suspects will soon be arrested. He also claimed a member of Libya's new government had assured him that Matouk Mohammed Matouk would stand trial if he is caught.
The former Pc was standing just yards from WPc Fletcher when she was gunned down while policing a protest. At the time, he vowed to track down her killers and has now travelled to Libya as part of his attempt to seek justice.
Mr Murray told the BBC: "Twenty-seven years is a very long time but my trip here to Libya has brought me closer than ever to a final conclusion.
"It's the closest we've ever been. It's strange, here in Tripoli, the support from the Libyan people, the support from the NTC (National Transitional Council), they all know about Yvonne Fletcher, they all know what happened. They all know the people who were responsible and I'm really overwhelmed by their support."
Matouk is the only suspect in the shooting believed still to be alive. Mr Murray said: "We believe he's still in Tripoli. The NTC are actively looking for him as well but I've got no doubt that very, very soon he will be detained."
He also said that Abdul Hafiz Ghoga, the NTC's vice-chairman, had offered him "tremendous hope", saying that if the man is detained, he will be prosecuted and could potentially be extradited to Britain.
Remembering the shooting of WPc Fletcher, Mr Murray told how he "cradled her head" in an ambulance before she died, promising his colleague he would find her attackers.
"When she was still conscious, I said to her 'Don't worry, Yvonne, I will find the people who did this, don't worry, we will get them'," he said.
Last month rebel officials in Tripoli said one suspect, Abdulqadir al-Baghdadi, an official in the embassy at the time, had been shot in the head. Junior diplomat Abdulmagid Salah Ameri, who was suspected of firing the fatal shots, was never traced after he was deported along with other embassy officials after an 11-day stand-off and is thought to have died.
Bank of England policymakers are moving closer to taking further emergency action to jumpstart the UK recovery in the face of a "marked deterioration" in the economic outlook, documents have revealed.
The majority of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) believe the case for increasing its quantitative easing (QE) programme - injecting cash into the economy to stimulate growth - strengthened in the month running up to its September meeting.
The MPC even considered cutting interest rates below their current record low of 0.5%, minutes from the September meeting revealed, but members decided this would not be preferable to further QE.
A raft of disappointing economic surveys - especially in the services sector - pointed to weaker growth in the second half of the year than the MPC had predicted in its key inflation report last month.
The MPC voted eight to one in favour of holding its QE, or asset purchases, programme at its current level of £200 billion, with external member Adam Posen reiterating his call to boost the stock by another £50 billion. All members voted in favour of holding interest rates.
The September minutes are the clearest signal yet that the Bank fears the UK economy is heading towards the rocks and will raise fears that the country is lurching towards a double-dip recession.
Global growth fears were fuelled throughout August as the euro-zone debt crisis rumbled on, further cracks emerged in the US economy and soft manufacturing, services and trade figures were published in the UK.
The Bank documents were published a day after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that the global economy had entered a "dangerous new phase" and slashed its growth forecasts for the UK, euro-zone and US.
The IMF's World Economic Outlook, published after the MPC held its meeting, estimates the UK will grow at 1.1%, down from 1.5 predicted by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The minutes gave no hint as to exactly when the Bank might fire up its printing presses again but said a continuation of the current weak economic conditions would be enough to justify further QE at a "subsequent meeting".
A millionaire's daughter has appeared in court accused of stealing £5,000 worth of electronic goods in the recent riots.
Laura Johnson, 19, faces five charges of burglary after the haul was found in a car that she was allegedly driving.
A branch of Comet in Charlton, south east London, was raided during the unrest that swept across England last month, and stock including televisions and mobile phones was stolen.
The teenager appeared at Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court, in south London, supported by her parents.
Wearing a long grey cardigan, jeans and brown boots, she sat in the well of the court during the brief hearing.
Her parents are reportedly millionaires, and Johnson was a high-flying student at Newstead Wood School in Bromley, south east London, before going to the University of Exeter.
She was released on conditional bail to appear at Inner London Crown Court on October 5.
Johnson must observe a curfew between 7pm and 6am, which is monitored by an electronic tag, and is not allowed to enter London except to visit her lawyers and attend court.
The family of murdered bride Anni Dewani has petitioned the Home Secretary to ensure the young woman's husband, Shrien, is extradited to South Africa.
The British businessman is wanted in Cape Town on suspicion of ordering the killing, which was carried out on the couple's honeymoon last year.
Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in south-east London ruled last month he should be sent back to the country to stand trial. But the application to extradite the 31-year-old Bristol care home owner was then passed to Theresa May for her to make the final decision.
Twelve members of Mrs Dewani's family - keen to see him prosecuted for the murder as they want "answers" - have handed in a petition, which was said to have been signed by 11,000 people, to the Home Office.
Mrs Dewani's father, Vinod Hindocha, and brother Anish were joined by uncles, aunts and cousins, some of whom had flown in from their home country of Sweden. Mrs Dewani's mother, Nilam, had to remain at home as she was unwell.
Mr Hindocha, 62, said: "We need closure for this case and we demand that. Tell us the truth of what happened to Anni and why. That's all we want to know. We are waiting for the answers and the only way we can get these answers is by Shrien going to South Africa and giving us the answers."
He affirmed his faith in the British justice system and said the family is "quite confident" Ms May would help.
Mrs Dewani, 28, was shot dead after the cab in which she and her new husband were travelling was hijacked in the dangerous township of Gugulethu on November 13. Taxi driver Zola Tongo, who has admitted his part in the crime, claimed in a plea agreement with prosecutors that Dewani ordered the carjacking and paid for a hit on his wife.
Dewani, who is said to be suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder, denies any wrongdoing.
It is understood Ms May has until October 10 to make her decision on extradition.
Political fighting is hampering efforts to restore the battered financial sector, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned, as it estimated the eurozone debt crisis puts banks in danger of losing up to 300 billion euro.
Financial markets have begun to question the ability of political leaders to take the action needed to provide a lasting solution to the economic problems in the eurozone and the US, the IMF said.
The "political weakness" comes as market turbulence from the eurozone, a credit rating downgrade for the US and signs of a global economic slowdown shocked the global financial system, the IMF said.
Elsewhere, the IMF estimated that the sovereign debt crisis in Europe had added 300 billion euro (£261.9 billion) to the risk exposure of banks in the European Union.
