Man charged with murder following Hackney Wick stabbing
Detectives have charged a 35 year old over the death of Trei Daley.
Last updated 14th Feb 2023
A 35-year-old man has been charged with murder following a fatal stabbing in Hackney, London.
Trei Daley, 26, of Bromley, south London, was fatally knifed close to the Colour Factory nightclub in Queen's Yard, just off White Post Lane in Hackney Wick in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Christopher Appiah-Blay, of Wick Road, Hackney, was charged on Tuesday, 14 February, with murder and possession of an offensive weapon.
A 24-year-old man has since been discharged from an east London hospital.
Officers were called to the hospital at around 4.30am after the two men arrived with knife wounds.
Detective Chief Inspector Jim Eastwood of the Met's Specialist Crime Command said: "Our thoughts remain with Trei's family. Our specialist officers will support them in any way they can following their terrible loss."
Highest number of knife related deaths in decades
Trei's death comes after Office for National Statistics figures showed that the number of people killed with a knife in England and Wales in 2021/22 was the highest in 76 years.
The ONS said the recent increase was driven by an 18% rise in the number of male victims, from 184 to 218, in the 12 months to March 2022.
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