3 Nigerians remanded for the murder of 17-yr-old

September 15, 2015 11:01 PM

Marcel was stabbed in the chest on September 4 after being chased through St John's Estate in Pitfield Street, Hoxton, London on September 4.

3 Nigerian youths charged with the murder of 17-year-old, Marcel Addai

3 Nigerian youths have been charged with the murder of 17-year-old, Marcel Addai.

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The youths have been identified as Sodiq Adebayo, 22, Akeem Gbadamosi, 21 and Eugene Ocran, 19.

The 17-yr-old was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 40-year-old woman, who did not want to be named, said she saw the victim being chased before falling to the ground as she watched from her nearby flat.

"There was a big chase," she said. "They ran through the estate, some on bikes, some on foot. By the end of it when he died there were about 15 people around him. I just heard the screams, the cries - a primal scream of death. I could really hear it. I don't know if it was one of his friends who realized that he was dead but it was the most echoing, crying noise"

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Earlier statement from the Metropolitan Police indicates that Akeem Gbadamosi and Eugene Ocran were charged on Wednesday, September 9 and appeared in custody at Hendon Magistrates' Court on Thursday, 10 September.

Sodiq Adebayo appeared in custody at Hendon Magistrates' Court on Saturday 12 September.