A man accused of murdering 17-year-old Vaso Kakko in Yoke Close, Holloway, is to appear at Inner London Crown Court later this month.

Uchechukwu Ejimonye, 20, of Holloway, is charged with murder and posession of a bladed article on Monday, November 23.

He appeared at Bromley Magistrates’ Court yesterday, and will now go before Inner London Crown Court from custody on Wednesday, December 16.

Vaso, a former St Mary Magdalene Academy pupil, was from Newington Green. A post-mortem examination revealed he died of a stab wound to the neck.