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| Man in court over Leicester street murder | |
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| A 19-year-old man has appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court charged with the murder of Antoin Akpom. | A 19-year-old man has appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court charged with the murder of Antoin Akpom. |
| Abdul Hakim, of Wood Hill in Leicester, was remanded in custody. | |
| Mr Akpom, 20, a coach and former player at Leicester Nirvana FC, died on Thursday after being stabbed in the city's Kent Street. | |
| Mr Hakim, who was wearing a blue sweater and white T-shirt, only spoke to confirm his name, age, address, and that he understood the charge. | |
| No application for bail was made. | |
| Fire deaths | |
| The police are investigating whether there is a connection between Mr Akpom's death and a suspected arson attack in Wood Hill which killed a mother and her three teenage children. | |
| Shehnila Taufiq, who was in her 40s, her 19-year-old daughter Zainab, and sons Bilal, 17, and Jamal, 15, died in the blaze in the early hours of Friday. | |
| Two men arrested in connection with the fire deaths remain in custody. | |
| Police have been granted an extra 24 hours to question them. |