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Mob killing suspects freed on bail
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Swiss Cottage teenager
Mahir Osman have ruled out charging anyone for at least two
months, just a week after the borough commander said he was
confident a murder case would be brought.
The last eight of two dozen teenagers arrested within minutes
of 18-year-old Mahir’s killing a week ago on Saturday will
be interviewed and bailed until April, a police spokesman said.
Eight youths were interviewed and bailed on Tuesday, with a
further eight interviewed and bailed yesterday (Wednesday).
The decision means nobody will be charged for at least two months.
CCTV cameras are understood to have captured the knife attack
in Camden High Street in full.
Borough Commander Mark Heath last week said he expected “a
range of charges from affray to murder” to be brought eventually
but that police would not risk convictions by rushing their
investigation.
But detectives, who continued to make door-to-door enquiries
this week, are understood to have concerns that suspects could
disappear before charges are brought. Between five and seven
youths evaded arrest at the scene by smashing a window on the
top deck of the bus and jumping out.
Last week the Osman family complained to Home Secretary Charles
Clarke that the suspects should have been charged sooner.
Mahir’s brother, Faisal, was last week reported to have
made a complaint to the Independent Police Complaints Commission
(IPCC) about the handling of the police investigation. He was
reported to have said police invited him for a counselling session
which turned into a three-hour grilling by detectives at Holborn
Police Station.
A spokesman for the IPCC yesterday (Wednesday) said that no
complaint had been received.
• Police have confirmed that a second man was injured in
the attack on Mr Osman, but did not need hospital treatment. |
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