Elianne Andam was stabbed in the neck outside a Croydon shopping centre while supporting a friend.
A police officer has told the Old Bailey how he arrested the killer of 15-year-old Elianne Andam when he saw "a smear of blood on his thumb".
PC Peter Nolan told the court he had been at the police station when he heard a young woman had been stabbed, and then went out to look for the suspect.He told the Old Bailey that when he saw a bus from Croydon he decided to stop it, to see if any passengers matched the description of the assailant.When asked his name, the defendant said he was called John but then handed over his Oyster card with his real identity on it, at which point PC Nolan told him to put his hands behind his back.
"One of the officers that turned up said to me the female had sadly passed away and it was now murder."Prosecutor Alex Chalk KC asked the officer what he had noticed about the teenager he had detained.The witness told jurors he then called for evidence bags to put over the handcuffed suspect's hands before he was put in a police van.
Earlier, another Met Police officer, PC Alex Smith, described to the Old Bailey the "scene of chaos" when he arrived outside the Whitgift Centre, on the morning of 27 September 2023.
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