Five to be tried for Canning Town murder

FIVE YOUNG men will go on trial on 13th August at the Old Bailey, charge with the murder of Lord Promise Nkenda. Promise was stabbed on Valentine’s Day, in Goldwing Close E16. He was just 17 years old.

Four teenagers were arrested on various dates since the murder. Three are aged 17, and one is just 14. A fifth youth was arrested in March and was finally charged with murder on 27th June.

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