June 25 (UPI) -- A London man accused of killing a 14-year-old boy last year with a samurai sword in Britain was convicted Wednesday of multiple crimes.
Marcus Arduini Monzo, a 37-year-old man of dual Spanish-Brazilian nationality from Newham in east London, admitted to two charges of possession of an offense weapon.
He claimed it was just to display. He also claimed no memory of last year's brutal April 30 attacks and denied the murder count in addition to other charges. In court, the ex-Amazon delivery driver remained stoic as the verdict was read about the seven charges.
The "horrific events" last year in Hainault sent "shockwaves through our community and had a devastating and lasting impact on so many," Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell, who leads policing where the incident transpired, said Wednesday outside the court in Old Bailey, the British central court.
Monzo originally was charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder, two counts of causing grievous bodily harm, aggravated burglary and possession of a bladed article in the attack that killed 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin and seriously injured four other people, including two police officers.
