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A man has been charged with violent disorder and is accused of helping the killer of a student in Maidstone's Jubilee Square two years ago, when a brawl erupted.
Channing Hart, 30, was picked up at Heathrow Airport at 7.10am on Wednesday when he returned from abroad.
Andre Bent, a 21-year-old South Bank University student and expectant father, was fatally stabbed on August 25, 2019.
His killer, Vasilios Ofogeli, has already been found guilty of his murder, as well as two counts of attempted murder and one count of wounding with intent. Ofogeli was jailed for life on May 21 last year.
Ofogeli was only 17 at the time.
He was one of a group of men who had travelled down from London to attend a performance by rapper MoStack at The Galley nightclub in Maidstone.
Ofogeli also knifed Joshua Robinson, Patrick Conceicao and Lucas Baker, creating mayhem on the streets of the town.
Hart of Ashwood Road, Potters Bar, in Hertfordshire, appeared before Medway Magistrates’ Court yesterday, charged with violent disorder and assisting an offender, Vasilios Ofogeli, who he believed had committed an indictable offence.
Hart was remanded to appear before Maidstone Crown Court on September 16.
Nine other men involved in the fighting have also already been sentenced for violent disorder.
The fighting was captured on CCTV cameras and also mobile phone footage was posted extensively on social media.
The others sentenced were:
Ryan Lowe-White, 22, of Boyton Close, Hornsey – sentenced to one year and eight months
Ali Aziz, 24, of no fixed address – sentenced to one year and 10 months
Nathaniel Small, 22, of Boyton Road, Hornsey – sentenced to two years
Mohamed Gelani, 24, of Newland Road, Hornsey – sentenced to one year and nine months
Darien Thompson-Cox, 21, of Raleigh Road, Hornsey – sentenced to two years and two months
Yusuf Aweys, 20, of Holly Park Road, New Southgate – sentenced to one year and 11 months
Jerral Johnson-Lowe, 26, of Boyton Close, Hornsey – sentenced to two years
Kaline Riley, 23, of Campsfield Road, Hornsey – sentenced to one year and nine months
Rheo Lawrence, 29, of Otley Way in Watford, Hertfordshire – sentenced to one year and 11 months
