Teenager charged with murder of 15-year-old Romario Opia
News • Jan 29, 2021 08:14 GMT
Detectives investigating the murder of 15-year-old Romario Opia in Islington have charged a 17-year-old.
The 17-year-old boy [B] was arrested in the early hours of Thursday, 28 January and charged with murder on Friday, 29 January.
He will appear in custody at Highbury Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 29 January.
Police were called to Holland Walk, N19, on Monday, 25 January, at approximately 17:30hrs following a report of a stabbing. Officers and London Ambulance Service found Romario suffering a stab wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene a short while later.
A 16-year-old male [A], who was arrested on suspicion of murder on Tuesday, 26 January, has been released on bail until a date in late February.
By Monidipa Fouzder2021-01-18T15:55:00+00:00
A prominent London firm has criticised the ‘business as usual’ mentality within the courts system during lockdown after one of its criminal law solicitors tested positive for Covid-19.
Hodge Jones & Allen solicitor Rebecca Smart was tested for the coronavirus after learning one of her clients, who she saw at Highbury Magistrates’ Court, alerted the firm that they had tested positive for Covid.
The firm explained that Smart saw her client in court earlier this month. The client did not inform her or the HJA team that they were feeling unwell. The Metropolitan Police later informed the firm that the client did not attend an interview because they were waiting for a Covid test. The client then alerted the firm that the result was positive.
A man has been charged with the murder of two men at a house in east London. Two Lithuanian men - Dainius Kulboka and Jonas Semenas – died after they were found with stab injuries at the house in Tavistock Gardens, Ilford, on Sunday (January 10) near 4.30am. Vytautas Garmus, 51, of Prince Regent Lane in Canning Town, has since been charged following the double murder. He is due to appear at Highbury Magistrates Court on Wednesday (January 13). Metropolitan Police has identified Garmus as a Georgian national. Post-mortem examinations at East Ham mortuary on Tuesday (January 12) confirmed the cause of death as stab injuries.