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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadeem Badshah and agencies

Teenager charged with murder of man in London cafe

Mohammed Hersi
Mohammed Hersi, 40, had recently left his job to care for his elderly father. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA

A teenager has been charged with the murder of a man who died after being assaulted in a high street cafe.

Mohammed Hersi, 40, sustained critical injuries during the incident at the Bethel Cafe in Finsbury Park, north London, on Tuesday. He was taken to hospital at 10pm but died the next day with his wife, Barlin Ali, 36, and their four children, aged five to 11, at his bedside.

A postmortem examination gave the cause of death as a penetrating head injury.

Hersi, from Wood Green, had recently left his job as a kitchen porter at a central London hotel to care for his elderly father.

A 17-year-old boy from Haringey, north London, was charged with murder and appeared at Highbury Corner magistrates court on Saturday, police said.

He was remanded in custody and will appear at the Old Bailey in central London on 5 December.

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