A teenager accused of murdering 20-year-old Mujaahid Wilson is to stand trial in December.
A 17-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, appeared at the Old Bailey today charged with killing 20-year-old Mujaahid in Thornton Heath High Street on March 14.
The teenager is set to appear in court to enter a plea on 25 August 2016 before the trial starts on 5 December 2016.
Mujaahid, known by friends as Tiny Sneaky, died of a single stab wound to the heart following a fight outside a pizza takeaway.
On 21 December 2016, 18 year-old
Ashley Newman of Castland Street, Leatherhead, was found not guilty of the murder of
Mujaahid Wilson following trial at the Old Bailey.
Newman, who was wearing a black hooded puffer jacket and had a scarf across his face at the time of the incident accepted inflicting the fatal blow, but insisted he did not mean to kill or seriously injure
Wilson.
He denied murder and manslaughter and was cleared of both charges.
They were caught on the CCTV outside Mama's Pizza's on Thornton Heath High Street squaring up to each other, before
Wilson threw the first punch, the jury was told.
Although he missed, the two boys started grappling and
Newman took a knife from his waistband and stabbed
Wilson once to the chest.
The stab wound pierced
Wilson's heart and he died a few minutes later.
A small black blade, believed to belong to
Wilson, was found at the scene, the court heard.
Newman claimed he did not realise he had stabbed
Wilson until
Wilson started to run away towards the pizza shop while clutching his chest.