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A teenage boy accused of murdering a student during a brawl on the streets of Maidstone is due to appear at the Old Bailey this morning.
Fighting broke out in Jubilee Square, Maidstone, on August 25 after rapper MoStack, real name Montell Daley, played a gig at the nearby Gallery Nightclub.
South Bank University student Andre Bent died after being stabbed through the chest in the town centre.
A 16-year-old from Hornsey, north London, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged by police on September 1 with murder, three counts of attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon.
He has been remanded in custody since appearing at Maidstone Crown Court on September 4.
Nine others charged with violent disorder from the night of Mr Bent's death are also due in court this morning to enter pleas.
They are Yussef Abdi Aweys, Darien Thompson-Cox, Mohamed Gelani, Nathaniel Small, Jerral Johnson, Kaline Riley, Rheo Lawrence, Ryan Lowe and Ali Aziz.
Several of those accused were understood to be members of MoStack's entourage, who supported the performer on the night of the gig.
The rapper recently broke a six-week silence on social media by apologising to the family of Mr Bent, though relatives slammed his comments, insisting they did "absolutely nothing for us".
