‘Killer at the newsagents’ denies murder

An alleged killer accused of stabbing a young father after an argument outside a newsagents has denied murder. Alfred Purcell, 34, was treated by paramedics at White Horse Lane, East Ham on June 26. Nothing could be done to save Mr Purcell and he was pronounced dead at 8.53pm. Keith Nelson, 51, was charged with murder two days later. Nelson, of [21] Mountfield Road, East Ham, denied murder and two counts of possessing an offensive weapon when he appeared at…