Accused killer denies asylum seeker murder

An alleged killer has denied murdering an asylum seeker whose family were shot dead by the Taliban. Moosakhan Nasiri, 20, was set upon by a group of men while he sat on a picnic bench after playing football in Plashet Park, East Ham, east London. One of the victim’s attackers plunged a knife into his abdomen and pierced his heart in front of shocked bystanders at 3.30pm on 15 October. A consultant surgeon who was playing football in the park…