Murder charge following 2023 north London stabbing
25-year-old Hamza Iqbal died in Wembley.
A man has been charged with murder following a fatal stabbing in Wembley in 2023
29 year old Dontae Smicle of Monks Park, Wembley was charged on Tuesday, 15 July with the murder of 25-year-old Hamza Iqbal.
Smicle was arrested abroad and extradited back to the UK on Tuesday, 15 July. He has been remanded into custody to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 16 July.
An investigation was launched after police were called shortly after 23:00hrs on Sunday, 24 September 2023 to reports of a stabbing in Olympic Way, Wembley.
Officers and London Ambulance Service attended and found Hamza Iqbal with serious injuries. He was taken to hospital but died a short time later.
A post-mortem examination took place on Wednesday, 27 September 2023 and gave a preliminary cause of death as sharp force trauma to the chest.