A teenager has appeared in court charged with conspiracy to murder over shooting of Sasha Johnson, as the BLM activist fights for her life in hospital.
Ms Johnson, a mother-of-two, dubbed the ‘Black Panther of Oxford’ remains in a critical condition after the attack at a party in Peckham in the early hours of Sunday.
Cameron Deriggs, 18, of Bromley Hill, Lewisham, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday morning after being charged on Friday night.
He was remanded into custody until his next court appearance at the Old Bailey on June 25.
Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson joins anti-racists, community activists and school children at a protest against police violence as they march from Park View School to Tottenham Police Station, December 11, 2020
An 18-year-old man has been charged with conspiracy to murder over the shooting of Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson, who remains in a critical condition in hospital, the Metropolitan Police said
Sasha Johnson, at a meeting point in Hyde Park in London during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in June 2020
Metropolitan Police officers are pictured at the scene of the house in Peckham where Sunday’s shooting happened
A vigil was held in Ruskin Park, South London by friends and supporters of Sasha Johnson
Pictured: Police have sealed off the property in Peckham, London, and put up metal shutters to block access to the front garden, where Sasha is most likely to have been hit by a bullet meant for someone else according to police investigators
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