Two men accused of murder over Primrose Hill stabbing of 21-year-old Finbar Sullivan are remanded in custody
Two more men charged with murder over the stabbing of 21-year-old Finbar Sullivan in Primrose Hill have been remanded into custody.
The investigation remains ongoing into the murder, which happened at around 6.41pm on Tuesday, April 7 at the popular north London viewpoint.
Alexis Bidace, 25, of Fore Street, Edmonton, and Ernest Boateng, 25, of Keswick Drive, Enfield, were arrested and appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates Court this morning. The pair did not enter any formal pleas.
Film student Finbar was stabbed to death when a fight broke out in front of shocked crowds on Primrose Hill in North London.
The men spoke only to confirm their names, addresses and age during the six-minute hearing.
District Judge Daniel Benjamin remanded them in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Friday April 17.
Bidace wore a black jacket and grey tracksuit bottoms while Boateng wore a grey jumper and grey tracksuit bottoms.
Alexis Bidace (pictured), 25, appeared in court today charged with murder over the stabbing of Finbar Sullivan
Finbar Sullivan, 21, studied at the London Screen Academy and produced music videos for drill rap artists under the name Sully Shot It
Another man has previously appeared in court charged with Finbar’s murder. Oliuwadamilola Ogunyankinnu, 27, of Southbury Road, Enfield, was charged with murder on Sunday, April 12 after being arrested on Friday, April 10.
Ogunyankinnu appeared at Stratford Magistrates’ Court on Monday and is due to appear at the Old Bailey today.
Khalid Abdulqadir, 18, of Fellows Road, Camden, was charged with grievous bodily harm, violent disorder and possession of a knife. He appeared in court on Tuesday, April 14. He is next due to appear at Inner London Crown Court for a plea hearing on May 12.
He did not enter any pleas to the charges of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, violent disorder and possession of a knife, as magistrates remanded him in custody and sent the case to the crown court.
‘This case involves a violent incident involving a number of people on April 7 at Primrose Hill and Regent’s Park,’ said prosecutor Rebecca Holder.
‘One male was fatally stabbed, and another was seriously wounded.’
Abdulqadir spoke only to confirm his name, address and age during the brief court appearance.
He is due to appear at Inner London Crown Court for a plea hearing on May 12.
A court sketch of Oluwadamilola Ogunyankinnu as he appeared at Stratford Magistrates’ Court on Monday. He was charged with murder
Khalid Abdulqadir, 18, from Camden, was charged with grievous bodily harm with intent, violent disorder and possession of a knife, police said. A court sketch of Abdulqadir as he appeared at appearing at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday
Ogunyankinnu appeared at Stratford Magistrates’ Court yesterday, when he spoke to confirm his name, address and date of birth.
He was not asked to enter any plea and was remanded in custody by district judge Ashwinder Gill. He will next appear at the Old Bailey on Wednesday.
Finbar, who went to Acland Burghley School in Tufnell Park and studied at the London Screen Academy, followed his family into the arts, primarily producing music videos for drill rap artists under the name Sully Shot It.
Several tributes to him have been placed by wellwishers at Primrose Hill, including customised T-shirts featuring his face and his nickname, Sully.
His father, Christopher Sullivan, founder of 1980s band Blue Rondo à la Turk, said his son was trying out a new camera when he was attacked.
The grieving father previously told the Mail: ‘This is the worst tragedy I could ever imagine. He’s my only son… I had him when I was 45. He can never be replaced.’
Mr Sullivan, 65, who also set up Soho’s notorious Wag Club in the 1980s, described Finbar as a ‘middle-class kid with long hair’ who lived with him in a £1million flat in Maida Vale.
He said: ‘I’m so broken-hearted, I can’t believe it. He was the most beautiful, lovely, outgoing, loving boy. He was just a really lovely person. And why he was targeted, we have no idea.
‘He’d just bought a new camera, we all chipped in for his 21st birthday, and he took it up there to do a bit of filming.’
Mr Sullivan said he went to the scene as soon as he heard his son had been caught up in the violence: ‘I got the call at about six that he’d been stabbed, so I rushed up there.
‘I wasn’t allowed in because it was a crime scene, and by that point he’d had 20 minutes of CPR. He’d obviously died.
‘It’s Primrose Hill, for God’s sake… it’s like Hyde Park. It’s not somewhere you expect this.’
The investigation is ongoing, with police continuing to ask anyone with relevant information to upload it to the police major incident portal, or contact police on 101, quoting reference 6448/07Apr. An anonymous report can be made via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.