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Man appears in court accused of murdering brother in Hammersmith flat during coronavirus lockdown

The trial is being heard at the Old Bailey (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

A man has appeared in court after being accused of stabbing his brother to death in a London flat during the coronavirus lockdown.

Police scrambled to an address off Fulham Palace Road near the junction with Hammersmith Square on the evening of May 5 after receiving reports of a seriously injured man.

Yonas Haile, 32, was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene.

His younger brother, Tedros Haile, 30, of Fulham Palace Road, west London, was charged with murder the following day.

The defendant appeared by video link from custody for a Skype hearing at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.

Judge Nigel Lickley QC set a plea hearing for July 28, when a provisional trial will be set, and remanded the defendant into custody.

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