A teenager has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of stabbing a 15-year-old boy to death.
The 17-year-old defendant, who cannot be identified, allegedly attacked Jay Hughes outside a chicken shop in Bellingham on November 1.
Jay was taken to a south London hospital, where he was pronounced dead the same evening.
A post-mortem examination found he had died from a single stab wound to the heart.
The defendant, from Penge, appeared in court from custody via video-link from Cookham Wood Young Offenders' Institution in Rochester, Kent.
He is charged with murder and two counts of possessing an offensive weapon - a large Rambo knife and a second blade.
During the hearing, the boy spoke to confirm his identity and English nationality.
Judge Anne Molyneux QC set a plea hearing for March 1 and a provisional trial from June 3.
The trial is expected to last three weeks.
The boy gave the judge two thumbs-up when she explained what would happen and remanded him in custody.
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