Father describes ‘nightmare’ of finding son in pool of blood after Hainault attack

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Marcus Arduini Monzo is being sentenced for murdering Daniel Anjorin, 14, and wounding five others

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A father has recalled the moment he found his son lying in a pool of blood after he was murdered with a samurai sword in an unprovoked attack by a killer in a drug-fuelled psychosis.

“Kind” and thoughtful Daniel Anjorin, 14, was walking to school in his PE kit when he was ambushed by Marcus Arduini Monzo during a 20-minute rampage in Hainault, east London.

Father describes ‘nightmare’ of finding son in pool of blood after Hainault attack

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