Seven in court for ‘murder of aspiring rapper’

Seven teenagers have appeared in court accused of murdering an aspiring rapper who was hunted down and stabbed to death outside Freddie Mercury’s former home. The youths, two aged 16 and five aged 17, are said to have set upon 19-year-old Lewis Blackman after cornering him in Logan Place, Kensington, southwest London, on 18 February. Mr Blackman, known as ‘Dotz’ from Camden, had been at a 16th birthday party in Earl’s Court Road with friends when a rival group tried…