Man in court accused of iron bar murder

A young man accused of battering a rival to death with an iron bar near a bus garage will stand trial in January next year. Elmi Awil, 21, allegedly attacked 24 year-old Mustafa Farah during a fight in Willesden, northwest London, at around 3.21am on 4 June. Mr Farah collapsed at the scene in Bertie Road near the junction with Willesden High Road and died in hospital eight days later on 12 June. Awil was originally charged with grievous bodily…