Tag: Oxford Circus

Eritrean Refugee Murdered Complete Stranger in London Street Before ‘Courageous’ Intervention by Skateboarders

LONDON—A jury has ruled an illiterate Eritrean who was granted asylum in Britain in 2019 murdered a complete stranger two years later in a random knife attack in one of London’s busiest shopping areas. Tedi Fanta Hagos, 26, was ruled mentally unfit to stand trial for the murder of 60-year-old Steve Dempsey, who suffered fatal…


Victim of Oxford Circus Murder Named

The Metropolitan Police has named the victim of a fatal knife attack in Central London on Thursday. Sixty-year-old Stephen Dempsey was named on Monday as the victim of the stabbing incident at Oxford Circus, which had left him with multiple stab wounds. Members of the public, led by two young males carrying skateboards, subdued the suspect before police…