White youth accused of killing Pak pensioner

The white youth was accused of murdering the pensioner in a suspected racist attack.

A 16-year-old white youth is due in court on Monday accused of murdering a Pakistani pensioner in a suspected racist attack on Friday. Murder squad detectives questioned two 16-year-olds after an elderly Asian man died.

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Akberali Mohamedally, 80, died after being assaulted in an underpass in Northholt, west London, Scotland Yard said. The frail pensioner was left for dead by his attackers in what detectives called a "despicable and cowardly" attack.

Mohamedally, from Radcliffe Way, Southall, was taken by ambulance from the White Hart roundabout underpass to Ealing hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Detective Superintendent Sue Hill of Scotland Yard said: "This was a despicable attack on a frail old man by cowardly individuals. They assaulted him and left him for dead, and we are treating the incident as a racially-motivated murder."

The unnamed teenage boy who is to appear at Ealing magistrates court on Monday is from Northolt. The second 16-year-old boy who was questioned by detectives was released on bail to return to a west London police station later this month pending further enquiries, Scotland Yard said.