Bethnal Green: Man charged with murder of 20-year-old taekwondo expert Jordan Bari

Victim: Jordan Bari, 20, was shot at point blank range
Tom Powell14 October 2016
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A 21-year-old man has been charged with the murder of martial arts expert Jordan Bari in east London.

Mr Bari, 20, was shot at “point blank rage” as he answered the door to a home in Florida Street, Bethnal Green, just after 8pm last Monday.

Bobby Lawrence, of Canonbury Street, Islington, was arrested on Wednesday this week and has now been charged with murder and possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence.

He will appear in custody at Thames Magistrates' Court on October 14.

A 28-year-old man was also today arrested on suspicion of murder and he remains in custody at a north London police station today.

Two other men, aged 29 and 21, were previously arrested at the scene in connection with the killing but they have both been subsequently released with no further action.

Mr Bari was a black-belt in taekwondo and had won a number of trophies and titles for the prestigious Gurumu Taekwondo Club in east London, whose members have represented Great Britain at the Olympics.

Neighbours described hearing a series of gunshots echoing around the communal hallway of the housing block.

Armed officers called to the scene found Mr Bari, a former pupil at Brampton Manor Academy in Newham, collapsed in a pool of blood in the stairwell. He was pronounced dead 45 minutes later.

One neighbour said the victim had been staying at the flat but did not live there.

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