Two young men accused of the murder of an NHS worker in an attack outside his own home have been remanded in custody.
David Ture, 18, and Vagnei Colubali, 22, are both charged with the murder of 24-year-old David Gomoh, who was chased and stabbed eight times as he left home in Newham, east London, on April 26.
The London Southbank University marketing graduate, who worked for the NHS in supplies and procurement, was on the phone to his girlfriend when the attack began, just seconds after he stepped outside to go shopping at 10.25pm.
Mr Gomoh, whose mother is a nurse, had just lost his father to Covid-19 when he was stabbed to death, in Freemasons Road, Canning Town.
At the Old Bailey on Wednesday, Judge Wendy Joseph QC remanded both Ture, of no fixed address, and Colubali, from Cambridge, in custody.
Prosecutor Peter Ratliff told the court Mr Gomoh had been killed in a “brutal” attack by four males, when he “had the misfortune to step outside his home to go to a nearby shop”.
It is said the attackers had earlier targeted another man in the street but he had managed to get away.
Muhammad Jalloh, 18, of no fixed address, and a 16-year-old boy, of Telford, Shropshire, who cannot be named because of his age, have already appeared at the Old Bailey charged with murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm with intent.
Ture and Colubali face the same two charges, and all four defendants have now been remanded in custody.
All four defendants are due to return to court on July 22 for a plea hearing. A trial date has not been set.
