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| Battersea stabbing victim had sung on Britain's Got Talent | Battersea stabbing victim had sung on Britain's Got Talent |
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| A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a nurse who performed on Britain’s Got Talent this year in an NHS choir. | |
| Desmond Sylva, 40, is accused of fatally stabbing 31-year-old Simonne Kerr at her home in Battersea, south-west London. | Desmond Sylva, 40, is accused of fatally stabbing 31-year-old Simonne Kerr at her home in Battersea, south-west London. |
| Police were called shortly before 12.40pm on Wednesday to the Victorian terrace and Kerr was pronounced dead at the scene. | Police were called shortly before 12.40pm on Wednesday to the Victorian terrace and Kerr was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| Sylva, who lives at the same address, appeared at Wimbledon magistrates court on Friday. He did not enter a plea and spoke only to confirm his details during the short hearing. He was remanded in custody and ordered to appear at the Old Bailey on 21 August. | Sylva, who lives at the same address, appeared at Wimbledon magistrates court on Friday. He did not enter a plea and spoke only to confirm his details during the short hearing. He was remanded in custody and ordered to appear at the Old Bailey on 21 August. |
| Kerr, whose death sparked the 90th homicide investigation in the capital this year, was a haematology and oncology nurse at Guy’s hospital in central London. She appeared on the ITV talent show with the B Positive Choir this year, signing Rise Up, to encourage blood donations. | Kerr, whose death sparked the 90th homicide investigation in the capital this year, was a haematology and oncology nurse at Guy’s hospital in central London. She appeared on the ITV talent show with the B Positive Choir this year, signing Rise Up, to encourage blood donations. |
| At the time she said the performances gave her strength after her six-year-old son Kavele died from sickle cell disease, a blood disorder, in 2015. | At the time she said the performances gave her strength after her six-year-old son Kavele died from sickle cell disease, a blood disorder, in 2015. |
| Kerr found out she was a carrier of the gene for sickle cell disease after a routine screening when she was 12 weeks’ pregnant with Kavele. | Kerr found out she was a carrier of the gene for sickle cell disease after a routine screening when she was 12 weeks’ pregnant with Kavele. |
| In an interview for the NHS’s Blood Donor website, she said Kavele died hours after waking up vomiting and with a high temperature. | In an interview for the NHS’s Blood Donor website, she said Kavele died hours after waking up vomiting and with a high temperature. |
| “I called for an ambulance and was told we would have to wait up to 45 minutes. An hour later I telephoned 999 again because Kavele’s breathing became more laboured,” she said. | “I called for an ambulance and was told we would have to wait up to 45 minutes. An hour later I telephoned 999 again because Kavele’s breathing became more laboured,” she said. |
| “Kavele went into cardiac arrest approximately 20-30 minutes after several ambulance crews started to arrive. He did not recover and passed away in hospital several hours later.” | “Kavele went into cardiac arrest approximately 20-30 minutes after several ambulance crews started to arrive. He did not recover and passed away in hospital several hours later.” |
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