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Man and woman in court charged with murder of Leyton father-of-two

Tenika Parker, 38, of Canterbury Road, Leyton and Daniel Cooper, 21, of Gosport Road, Walthamstow, have been charged with the murder of Josh McKay, 33

Josh McKay, 33, was found with stab injuries outside Hollywood Cutz on Lea Bridge Road in July, Credit: Met Police

A man and woman have appeared in court charged with the murder of Josh McKay, a local father-of-two who was stabbed to death in July.

Tenika Parker, 38, of Canterbury Road, Waltham Forest, and Daniel Cooper, 21, of Gosport Road, Waltham Forest, have been charged with the murder of the 33-year-old.

Parker appeared at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 3rd October and Cooper appeared on Friday 4th October at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court.


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Both were remanded in custody to next appear at the Old Bailey on Tuesday 8th October.

Renai Belle, 29, of Edmonton, was charged with murder on Wednesday, 10th July. He appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday, 12th July.

A trial has been scheduled to start at the Old Bailey on 28th April 2025.

Josh died from stab wounds after being attacked in broad daylight in front of his child at a Lea Bridge Road barber shop on 6th July.

Metropolitan Police officers, the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance attended the scene on Lea Bridge Road on 6th July but were sadly unable to revive him.

His death was marked by flowers, balloons, and family portraits of the 33-year-old which lined the pavement outside Hollywood Cuts. Speaking to the Echo, Pastor Birkett Bennett, who acts as the chaplain to the Mayor of Waltham Forest Sharon Waldron, said there were “so many” young people in the area, who like Josh, were leading good and upstanding lives that did not get enough coverage.


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