‘Murdered by swordsmen’

A gang of sword-wielding thugs hacked a man to death after breaking through a barricade to get into the flat he was visiting, the Old Bailey heard. The four attackers smashed their way into the apartment in Wisbeach Road, Croydon, and slashed at the occupants while demanding they hand over drugs and valuables, jurors heard. Lavaun Witter, 22, was stabbed to death while a 16-year-old boy was also slashed across the face during the horrifying attack on 5 February 2021….