A YOUTH has appeared in court accused of stabbing a young man to death on a playing field.
Hazrat Wali, 18, of Notting Hill, west London, died in hospital after being fatally attacked in Craneford Way, Twickenham, south-west London, on the afternoon of October 12.
A 16-year-old boy, from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, was charged with the young Afghan refugee’s murder on Friday.
Today, he appeared at the Old Bailey by video-link from Feltham Young Offenders Institution.
He spoke to confirm his identity before Judge Rebecca Trowler set a timetable for the case, with a plea hearing on January 11.
Wali’s brother and foster mother attended court for the brief hearing.
The youth was remanded into custody until his next court appearance.
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