Summer trial for teenager accused of murdering woman

A 16-year-old boy accused of murdering a woman on Christmas Eve will stand trial in the summer. Kacey Clarke, 22, was stabbed to death on Jamaica Road, Bermondsey, southeast London, on December 24. A post-mortem examination gave Ms Clarke’s cause of death as a single sharp force trauma to the chest. The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons appeared at the Old Bailey via video link from Cookham Wood young offenders’ institution charged with her murder. He spoke only to confirm…