London drill rappers appear in court charged with stabbing promising Southampton footballer to death
London drill rappers appear in court charged with stabbing promising Southampton footballer to death after they are extradited from Kenya
Former Southampton footballer Alex Smith was stabbed to death in CamdenHe was allegedly followed by a gang before being attacked on August 12, 2019 Tariq Monteiro and Siyad Mohamud have both been charged with murderThey appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court after extradition from Kenya
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Two drill rappers have appeared in court charged with murdering a 16-year-old boy following their extradition from Kenya.
Former Southampton youth footballer Alex Smith was stabbed to death in Camden, north London, on August 12, 2019, after allegedly being followed by a gang.
Tariq Monteiro, 21, who raps under the stage name Suspect, along with fellow Londoner Siyad Mohamud, 23, who raps as Swavey, were arrested in Nairobi on January 26.
Former Southampton youth footballer Alex Smith (pictured) was stabbed to death in Camden, north London, on August 12, 2019
Tariq Monteiro (left), 21, who raps under the stage name Suspect, along with fellow Londoner Siyad Mohamud (right), 23, who raps as Swavey, were arrested in Nairobi on January 26
Mohamud and Monteiro, both of no fixed address, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court separately charged with murder.
They were remanded in custody ahead of preliminary hearings at the Old Bailey later this week.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: ‘Two men have appeared in court charged with the murder of Alex Smith in Camden in 2019.
‘Siyad Mohamud, 23, and Tariq Monteiro, 21, both of no fixed abode, were charged after being arrested in Kenya and then brought back to the UK on Sunday, 31 January.
‘They appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 31 January and were remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, 2 February.
‘Alex, who was aged 16, was found with fatal stab wounds in Munster Square, off Euston Road, on 12 August 2019.’
Forensics officers at the scene of the fatal stabbing in Camden, north London, the morning after
