Man charged with murder of teenager knifed to death near playground (Knife Crime Part 12)

Victim: Mohammed Dura-Ray, 16, was knifed to death near a playground Metropolitan Police Service

A man has been charged with the murder of a teenager who was stabbed to death next to a playground in south London.

Mohammed Dura-Ray, 16, was allegedly surrounded by a mob of up to 30 youths before he was attacked at Newington Estate in Elephant and Castle at about 10.20pm on September 14.
The teenager’s friends performed first aid as they battled to save him before emergency services arrived.

London’s Air Ambulance was sent to the scene but Mohammed was pronounced dead at the scene just half an hour later at 10.52pm. A post-mortem examination confirmed the teenager died from a stab wound to the chest.


Jordan Daley, 20, of Peabody Hill, Tulse Hill, has been charged with Mohammed’s murder and will appear in custody at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on November 11.

London Evening Standard