Man has appeared in court charged with manslaughter
Published Date:
22 November 2008
A 21-year-old south London man has appeared in court charged with the manslaughter of an Arab student.
George Austin, of no fixed address from Bermondsey, was charged on Friday evening with the manslaughter of Mohammed al-Majed.
Mohammed, 16, from Qatar, died two days after suffering a serious head injury when he hit the pavement during a confrontation in Hastings, East Sussex, on August 22.
Austin, who stood in the dock wearing a grey striped jumper flanked by two officers, was remanded in custody following a brief hearing on Saturday morning at Hastings Magistrates' Court.
Kenneth Melsom, chairman of the Magistrates' bench, ordered Austin to appear at Lewes Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on December 5.
A further plea and case management hearing will take place at the same court on February 13 next year.
Officers arrested the 21-year-old on an aircraft which had arrived in the UK from Cyprus on Thursday night.
Mohammed was studying English at EF International Language Schools in White Rock, Hastings, and had been in the town for about five weeks.
His body was flown back to Qatar after he died at King's College Hospital, London.
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22 November 2008 5:17 PM
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