Finsbury Park teen faces trial after student Ezekiel Amosu's bus death

Published: 24th June, 2011
by DAVID ST GEORGE

FOUR teenagers are to stand trial at the Old Bailey after a sixth-form student died under the wheels of a bus as he was chased by a gang.

The victim, Ezekiel Amosu, 17, was hit by a No123 bus as he tried to escape across Forest Road, Walthamstow, on the evening of January 24. He lived nearby and was a music student at Leyton College. 

A heavily built 16-year-old boy from Finsbury Park has denied a charge of manslaughter.  Because of his age he has anonymity as do three of his friends, all from north London, who will be on trial alongside him accused of robbery on August 30.