Trial for ‘High Street killer’

A murder suspect accused of stabbing a father-of-two to death on a busy high street will stand trial at the Old Bailey in July. Michael Dyra, 22, allegedly knifed Jonathan McPhillips, 28, in the chest in Upper Street, Islington, in the early hours of 25 February last year. Mr McPhillips, who was known as JJ, collapsed outside a cocktail bar and died in hospital four days later after his life support machine was turned off. A 17 year-old boy was…