TWO MEN ACCUSED OF THE MURDER OF GANG BOSS MICHAEL

TWO MEN ACCUSED OF THE MURDER OF GANG BOSS MICHAEL COLLINS IN

AN EAST END PUB APPEARED BEFORE NEWHAM WEST MAGISTRATES TODAY

(THURS).

PROFESSIONAL BOXER ABBEY ‘ROCKY’ BOUKARISS, AGED 23, OF 96

BERKELEY HOUSE, WELLINGTON WAY, BOW, AND ANDREAS HARALAMBOUS, 26, OF

14 PEVERIL STREET, HUCKNELL, NOTTINGHAM, WERE REMANDED IN CUSTODY

FOR SEVEN DAYS.

THEY ARE RGED WITH MURDERING COLLINS IN THE MOONLIGHT PUB,

STRATFORD ON AUGUST 25.

AHMED BOUKARIS 21, OF 10 SOLENT HOUSE, BEN JONSON ROAD,

WHITECHAPEL, THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF ABBEY, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH

ATTEMPTING TO PERVERT THE COURSE OF JUSTICE BY ARRANGING AN ALIBI FOR

HIS BROTHER.

HE WAS ALSO REMANDED UNTIL OCTOBER 9.

ABBEY BOUKARISS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY WITNESSES AT THE SCENE AS

LOOKING LIKE A ‘YOUNG MARLON BRANDO’.

COLLINS’ FOUR ATTACKERS BLINDED HIM WITH AMMONIA SPRAY, BEAT

BABOUT THE HEAD WITH A COSH AND STABBED HIM REPEATEDLY IN THE LEGS

AND BUTTOCKS.

HE WAS FOUND BY FRIENDS LYING IN A POOL OF BLOOD BEHIND THE BAR

BUT LATER DIED IN NEWHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL.

AT THE TIME POLICE SAID IT COULD HAVE BEENAN ATTEMPT TO PUT THE

‘FRIGHTENERS’ ON HIM.

ENDS

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