A knifeman accused of stabbing a pensioner to death and hospitalizing two others in a gruesome Remembrance Sunday rampage has been remanded in custody.
The 66-year-old man, Musse Ali, who allegedly hacked at marketgoers with a kitchen knife shortly before the two-minute remembrance silence in Walworth, southeast London.
THE VICTIMS
A man in his late 70’s who died at the scene from a stab wound to his back has since been named as Hilkiah McLeggan from Southwark.
The two other victims, named as Ho Man Yau and Baheru Nadew Bartura remain in hospital dealing with injuries described as ‘serious’ by authorities.
Ali has been charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of possessing a bladed article.
Judge Sarah Whitehouse, KC, remanded Ali in custody ahead of a plea and trial preparation hearing on 3 February, setting a provisional trial date for 22 September next year.
