Six charged over Wood Green barbers stabbing (From Haringey Independent)

Six charged over Wood Green barbers stabbing

4:39pm Friday 3rd February 2012 in Top Stories By David Hardiman

Six teenagers have been charged in connection with the stabbing of a 15-year-old boy in Wood Green on Tuesday.

The victim suffered multiple stab wounds after allegedly being attacked while having his hair cut in a barber’s shop in Lordship Lane at around 2pm, and is in a stable condition in hospital.

Jordan Townsend, 18, of The Avenue, Jerome Amankwah, 19, of Griffin Road, three 17-year-old boys and a 16-year-old boy have all been charged with grievous bodily harm in relation to the alleged attack.

Amankwah was also charged with possession of a firearm and possession of cannabis, while Townsend and one 17-year-old boy were also charged with possession of an offensive weapon.

All six were due to appear at Haringey Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning.