The Metropolitan Police have made two more arrests in connection with the murder of Rijkaard Siafa, who was attacked in Surrey Street Market last month by a group of men armed with machetes or large kinives.
Murder case: two men are to appear at the Central Criminal Court today charged with the murder of Rijkaard Siafa on Surrey Street on April 12
Rammon Mali, 32, of Valley Road, Kenley, was arrested on Sunday at Gatwick Airport, according to the Met after “having returned to the UK from Senegal”.
Mali was charged with murder and is due to appear at the Old Bailey today.
The police say that a 51-year-old woman was also arrested on Monday on “suspicion of perverting the course of justice”. She has been bailed until late July.
David Walcott, 34, of Turle Road, Norbury, was charged on April 20 with Siafa’s murder. He is also due to appear at the Old Bailey today.
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