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Man in court over Marble Arch hotel hammer attack Hotel hammer attack victim 'left with 5% brain function'
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A man has appeared in court charged with attempting to murder three women who were attacked with a hammer in a central London hotel. One of the victims of a hammer attack at a London hotel has been left with 5% brain function and has lost her left eye, police said.
The attack on the tourists took place in a room on the seventh floor of the Cumberland Hotel in Marble Arch in the early hours of 6 April. The woman, from the United Arab Emirates, was attacked with her two sisters in their room at the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch on 6 April.
Philip Spence, 32, was charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated burglary. Philip Spence, 32, of no fixed abode, has been remanded in custody charged with three counts of attempted murder.
He was remanded in custody to appear at Southwark Crown Court on 17 April. He also appeared in court charged with one count of aggravated burglary.
Critical condition He is due to appear at Southwark Crown Court on 17 April.
Mr Spence, of no fixed address, appeared in custody with Thomas Efremi, 56, of Upper Handa Walk, Islington, who was charged with handling stolen goods and fraud by false representation and James Moss, 33, of Hanley Road, north London, who was charged with handling stolen goods. Facial injuries
Mr Efremi and Mr Moss were also remanded to appear at crown court on the same date. Speaking outside West London Magistrates' Court in Hammersmith, Det Insp Adam Ghaboos, said: "The main victim suffered life threatening head and facial injuries, has lost her left eye and significant quantities of blood.
Carly Baker, 31, also of Hanley Road, was charged with handling stolen goods and will appear at the same court on Tuesday. "Doctors have assessed that she has 5% brain function, although her other organs are in good working function."
Another sister suffered two fractures to her skull, a broken left arm and a fracture to her cheekbone and is expected to remain in hospital for a considerable time.
The third sister has a fracture to her skull and a ruptured left eardrum. She was released from hospital on 8 April but readmitted on 9 April with severe head pains.
Mr Spence appeared in custody with Thomas Efremi, 56, of Upper Handa Walk, Islington.
Mr Efremi has been charged with handling stolen goods and fraud by false representation.
Shopping and sightseeing
A third man, James Moss, 33, of Hanley Road, north London, has been charged with receiving stolen goods.
Mr Efremi and Mr Moss were also remanded to appear at crown court on the same date as Mr Spence.
Carly Baker, 31, also of Hanley Road, was charged with handling stolen goods and will appear in court on Tuesday.
A 34-year-old man, who was also arrested over the attack, has been bailed to return in May.A 34-year-old man, who was also arrested over the attack, has been bailed to return in May.
All three of the women who were attacked were in their 30s and from the United Arab Emirates . The sisters, who had come to London for shopping and sightseeing, arrived in the UK between 3-5 April.
They remain in hospital, but one of them is in a critical condition, police said.
They were sleeping with three children, who were unharmed, in two adjoining rooms.
The family, who had come to London for shopping and sightseeing, arrived in the UK between April 3 and 5 and the women had visited large West End stores last Saturday.
The Cumberland Hotel is near Europe's busiest shopping street, Oxford Street, and has 1,000 rooms including a Jimi Hendrix suite.The Cumberland Hotel is near Europe's busiest shopping street, Oxford Street, and has 1,000 rooms including a Jimi Hendrix suite.