The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly known as the Old Bailey, has fixed June 3, 2025 for the trial of a Spanish-Brazilian, Marcus Monzo, who allegedly murdered Daniel Anjorin, a 14-year-old Nigerian schoolboy in Hainault, London, United Kingdom in April 2024.
Monzo, 37, was said to have run up behind Anjorin, slashing him in the neck and chest with a sword as he walked to school on April 30.
Monzo then went on to injure four other people, including a female police officer who almost lost her hand.
Monzo, who described himself as a “mystic musician,” was arraigned in connection with Anjorin’s death, which occurred after a knife attack in Hainault, North-East London.
British media reported that Monzo was also accused of assaulting four other people in a 20-minute knife attack.
Aside from the denial of the murder of the boy, Monzo also pleaded not guilty to the attempted murders of Donato Iwule, Sindy Arias, Henry Polania, and Yasmin Mechem-Whitfield as well as wounding a police inspector, Moloy Campbell, with intent.
Monzo, who appeared before the court last Friday, denied eight of the 10 charges against him but admitted two counts of having an offensive weapon – a katana sword and a tanto katana sword.
The Spanish-Brazilian defendant also denied aggravated burglary and possession of a bladed article relating to a kitchen knife.
Earlier, Westminster Magistrates Court heard how Monzo allegedly crashed a van into a fence in Laing Close, hitting a pedestrian, Iwule, on April 30 last year.
He was seen brandishing a sword and slashing pedestrians at the scene, in which the Nigerian teenager was a victim.
Anjorin was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to the knife injuries after a while.
