Teen girl to appear in court charged with murder of homeless man near major train station

London's Kings Cross Station (Image: Getty)

A 16-year-old miss has been charged with the execution of a stateless antheral who was assaulted adjacent to London’s King's Cross bid station.

The teenager, from Brixton, southbound London, volition look earlier Croydon magistrates' tribunal connected Friday charged with the execution of Anthony Marks, 51, successful August this year.

Mr Marks died aft being violently assaulted connected Cromer Street connected Saturday, 10 August.

A 17-year-old lad has antecedently been charged and, aft appearing successful court, was remanded successful custody to look proceedings adjacent year.

Investigators from the Met Police accidental they stay keen to perceive from immoderate witnesser who whitethorn not person travel guardant yet to uncover what they saw.

And they are besides appealing for Mr Marks's adjacent of kin, who they person inactive been incapable to contact.

The unfortunate had been surviving stateless connected the streets of the superior and had been sheltering successful a bin shed adjacent to the determination wherever helium was fatally attacked.

Detective Chief Inspector Sarah Lee, from the Met's Specialist Crime Command, antecedently said: “Despite idiosyncratic having been charged, our probe is ongoing with a fig of progressive lines of enquiry.

“Sadly, contempt our champion efforts, we person been incapable to place next-of-kin for Anthony and I impulse anyone who tin assistance to interaction the probe team.

“I americium besides precise keen to perceive from anyone who witnessed this incidental but has not yet spoken with police. There were a fig of radical successful the country astatine the clip of the execution and we cognize that immoderate of those radical tried to assistance Anthony. If you are 1 of those radical delight bash get successful interaction with us.”

Recent figures showed determination were 11,993 unsmooth sleepers spotted connected London's streets betwixt April 2023 and March 2024, marking a 19% summation connected the erstwhile year's full and 58% higher than a decennary ago.