SANDIACRE STUDENT APPEARS IN COURT

Sandiacre student Elvis Duruaku, 24, appeared in court in Liverpool on Tuesday April 14th accused of murdering a young man in a street fight. Duruaku is alleged to have killed Hassan Haadi, 22, in Everton on Saturday, March 21st.  Hassan Haadi was found in Shaw Street, at its junction with Langsdale Street, at 8.30pm. He was unconscious and given first aid by passers by who called an ambulance to the scene. He was taken to hospital and treated for a head injury but died on April 5th. Elvis Duruaku of Barker Avenue North, who was studying at the University of Liverpool was arrested in Sandiacre on Tuesday, April 7th, on suspicion of murder. He appeared at Liverpool Crown Court via a video link from Walton prison and spoke only to confirm his name. It is alleged Mr Haadi was knocked to the ground where he lay half in the road and that Duruaku then stamped on his head. The defendant was not asked to enter a plea to the charge and there was no application for bail. He will appear at a plea and trial preparation hearing on May 6th.