Overview
- The 16-year-old appeared at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Saturday and was sent to youth detention ahead of a hearing at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.
- Police said the boy from Romford was first arrested on April 4, bailed, re-arrested on Thursday, and charged with murder on Friday.
- Detectives say a different 16-year-old remains in custody on suspicion of murder, and they are seeking CCTV and witnesses as six other arrests have moved to bail.
- Eghosa Ogbebor, 14, was found with fatal gunshot wounds on Lord Warwick Street in Woolwich at about 3:40pm on April 2 after what police described as a confrontation on nearby Kingsman Street minutes earlier.
- Eghosa’s family are being supported by specialist officers, and relatives describe deep grief and fear in the days since the shooting.