A fifth man has now been charged by murder detectives investigating the shooting of Bermondsey man Kai McGinley.
Yesterday (March 17) police charged 23-year-old Kai Osibodu, of Riverdale Road, Erith, Kent, with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder.
Two men Jalees Selby-Gangera, 18, of Woodfield Close, Erith and Enriko Spahiu, 20, of Elmhurst, Belvedere, were charged on Thursday March 9 with murder and attempted murder after being arrested earlier that week.
Last weekend they charged another two men after making a series of arrests. Twenty-year-old Connor Brooks, of Horsa Road, Erith and Bradlee Reeve, 33, of Chapman Road, Erith were both charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder on Saturday, March 11.
A plea hearing is scheduled for May 30 with a trial date scheduled for January 3 2024 – both at the Old Bailey.
There have been three other arrests as part of the murder investigation. A 16-year-old girl arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and a 53-year-old man arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder have been released on bail. And no further action will be taken against a 17-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
Police said 24-year-old Kai McGinley from Bermondsey was shot following a car chase in Erith on Thursday February 9.
Despite paramedics and police being on the scene within minutes he was unable to be saved.