Posted by amfne033
A man in his sixties is reported to have been beheaded during an axe attack in a north London street.
The victim was attacked in Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage.
Police were called to the scene at 9.38am this morning to reports of a "serious assault in progress".
A man in his thirties was arrested at the scene and is now in custody at Holborn police station.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "A post-mortem will be held in due course. The victim has yet to be formally identified.
"At this stage we believe that the victim suffered severe head injuries.''
Eton Avenue was today sealed off while detectives carried out a forensic examination of the scene.
Scotland Yard said a murder inquiry had now been launched and an incident room opened.
A London Ambulance spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that we were called shortly before 9.40am to Eton Avenue, NW3.
"We sent a rapid response car and two ambulance crews. A man was pronounced dead at the scene.''
The attack took place near Hampstead Theatre although a spokeswoman said no one there saw the incident take place.
This is what the worlds coming to
Posted by Jake Blues
this must have been a targeted attack. its not the sort of thing that gets done at random.
Posted by axxxr
Yes i read that on sky news earlier on.....very shocking!
Posted by batesie
2 people were shot just down the road from me near Upminster Bridge station. thing is, its actually a nice area....
Posted by Jake Blues
well it was till you moved in!
Posted by DJcreamz
lol
swiss cottage is a nice area, My mate refurbished Mongo jerry's house down there you know mongo jerry
"im the summer time when the weather is fine you can reach right up and touch the sky"
Posted by Jake Blues
mUngo jerry.
and i might be wrong, but wasnt mungo jerry the name of the band?
Posted by batesie
chh chh-chh
chh chh-chh
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find
Posted by Sammy_boy
This has gone waaaaaaay off topic!
I'm not too sure whether going from someone being brutally beheaded (almost) to a banal Mungo Jerry song is that appropriate!
Or are we all that desensitised to violence?
Posted by DJcreamz
yer but that guy what ever his name was he had a shit load of drugs on his coffee table the white powdered variety
Posted by batesie
what cocaine?
Its a bad thing that people walk about with axe's and decide to use them.
Posted by dave_uk
Eh?
I'm sure you're not insinuating that the guy who got killed had drugs in his living room and therefore deserved to have his head lopped off?!
Posted by amfne033
it appears that the guy who got attacked was a sex offender and the attacker was heard saying " ive been waitin 20 years to do this" while choppin his head of. the attacker appears to have seen the 'victim' in the street for the first time in years then bought the axe then confronted him then attacked him.
who is the victim
Posted by Jake Blues
i knew it had to be targeted. even though the world has gone crazy these things ate hardly random.
Posted by DJcreamz
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erm im talking about the singer from mungo jerry he had cocaine, u couldnt make a song like that with out some sort of narcotic help
Posted by dave_uk
@DJCreamz
Ah - doh!
@amfne
Hmmm....interesting theory, where did you hear that?
Posted by amfne033
Man in court on axe murder charge
A waiter has appeared in court accused of murdering a 67-year-old man who was killed in a street with an axe in broad daylight.
Joseph Sheehan, 37, appeared before Highbury Corner magistrates charged with the murder of Brian Messitt in Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, north London, on Monday morning.
Sheehan, of Belmont Street, Camden, who had close-cropped dark hair, wore white jogging bottoms and a white tracksuit top for the brief court appearance.
He spoke in a soft high-pitched voice only to confirm his identity, age and address.
No application for bail was made and Sheehan was remanded in custody to reappear before the Old Bailey on March 23.
Mr Messitt, who lived in Haverstock Hill, north London, died of severe head injuries in the attack.
In a statement earlier his family described him as a "peaceful and polite pensioner" who enjoyed long walks, reading and football
@dave it is the crack what going around a police forum at the moment plus general reports from the media about what the witnesses have seen n heard, but obviously they carnt say nowt now as its going to court but after the trial the truth will be revealed
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Posted by dave_uk
I guess we shall see.
It's a very contentious argument, but what a horrible way to die, no matter what you may or may not have done!
...but it does seem too weird to be just a random attack.
Posted by Sammy_boy
I suspect he has some kind of mental health problem, perhaps Schizophrenia. He may have heard command voices telling him to do what he did either because this poor guy was 'the devil' or that the man with the axe had to do it or something horrible would happend to him.
If he hasn't got Schizophrenia, he must have some kind of personality disorder to do something like that in broad daylight in front of people, I personally don't think that there was any criminal intent (i.e. contract killing, robbery, etc.) because it would have been done in less obvious circumstances.