A Moroccan national accused of murdering a 70-year-old man outside a migrant hostel has been remanded in custody.
Terrence Carney had just used a cash machine when he was attacked in Hartlepool town centre on Sunday morning.
Ahmed Alid, 44, was charged with the murder of Mr Carney and the attempted murder of Javed Nouri.
Alid, from the north-east seaside town, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Tuesday via video link from a police station in Middlesbrough.
Prosecutors told the court Alid had allegedly been fighting with his housemate Mr Nouri at around 5.15am on Wharton Terrace before stabbing him multiple times in the chest, legs and mouth.
A police cordon at Wharton Terrace, Hartlepool after a man was killed on Sunday
Terrence Carney had just used a cash machine when he was attacked in the town centre on Sunday morning
Alid, from the north-east seaside town, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Tuesday via video link from a police station in Middlesbrough
He is then accused of going to Tees Street, half a mile away, where he allegedly fatally stabbed Mr Carney in the chest and neck.
Alid did not enter any pleas and was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Thursday.
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