A man has been extradited from Albania and charged with the murder of John Woodward in Camden in April 2018
A man has been extradited from Albania and charged with the murder of John Woodward in Camden in April 2018. Elton Sefa, 22, an Albanian national, was arrested on suspicion of murder by Albanian authorities in the city of Durres on Thursday, 28 February following an international extradition request. He was kept custody in Albania until extradition proceedings were complete. He arrived in the UK at Gatwick Airport at around 2.40pm on Tuesday, 14 January and was taken into custody. He has been charged with murder and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 15 January. Mr Woodward’s family have been informed of these developments. Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at around 14:40hrs on 17 April 2018 to reports of a man injured on the roof of the Pressman Mastermelts building in Hatton Garden, EC1. Officers attended and the victim, John Woodward, a 47-year-old builder who was carrying out work at the venue, was pronounced dead at the scene at 15:07hrs. Initial reports indicated that he may have fallen from height, but a post-mortem examination took place at St Pancras Mortuary on Thursday, 19 April and gave cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head. A 24-year-old man was initially arrested on suspicion of murder on Wednesday, 18 April. He was taken to a south London police station. He was subsequently de-arrested for the murder offence, and then arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. This offence was not proceeded with. Passing on information either to the police, or to an independent organisation such as Crimestoppers, about crime or suspicious incidents can really help both prevent and detect crime and is something that we and our police colleagues up and down the country really encourage. You are our eyes and ears. Helping police to locate "wanted" and outstanding high-harm suspects is also a really impactful way of making a real difference to your community, keeping not only your local neighbourhood safe but London as a whole. Wanted people are individuals who are being searched for in connection with crime. They might be suspected of committing a specific crime, or they might have breached bail or probation conditions or not turned up for court and the police need to find them. One phone call could help potentially solve or even prevent a crime from happening. You could help save lives.
