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Following the latest edition of the Notting Hill Carnival, or “crime-fest” as it is known to Londoners, a man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder in connection with a brutal stabbing.

Rumarni Tuitt, 18 of Waltham Forest was charged on Wednesday with attempted murder and possession of a bladed article.

He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where he was remanded to appear at the Old Bailey on Thursday, September 26th.

He remains in custody at a south London police station.

Leading Chef Beaten to death at “carnival”

In a separate incident on the same day as Tuitt allegedly committed his crime, Mussie Imnetu, 41, who was visiting London on business from Dubai, was found unconscious with a head injury after leaving Dr Power coffee shop in Queensway on Monday at 11.22pm.

The venue had been playing music and serving food to the packed Carnival crowds when he was attacked, and customers tried to stop the assault, said London’s Metropolitan Police.

After receiving first aid from officers at the scene, Mr Imnetu – a highly ranked chef from Sweden who has worked at prestigious restaurants across the world – was rushed to hospital where he passed away on Saturday morning, having suffered bleeding on the brain and multiple cardiac arrests, a court heard.

Omar Wilson, a 31-year-old east Londoner, is accused of attacking the 41-year-old and was due to appear in court on Friday August 30th.

“We are tired of saying the same words every year. We are tired of telling families that their loved ones are seriously injured, or worse. We are tired of seeing crime scenes at Carnival” – Deputy Police Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan.

Young mother stabbed in front of 3 year-old child on carnival “family day”

Previously, on Sunday –“family day” at the carnival- Cher Maximen, 32, was stabbed in front of her 3-year old child after trying to stop a fight.

One Shakiel Thibou appeared at court on Wednesday charged with attempted murder and was also charged with possessing a knife in a public place and violent disorder.

His two brothers, Sheldon Thibou, 24, and Shaeim Thibou, 21, were both charged with violent disorder and assaulting an emergency worker, while Sheldon Thibou faces an additional charge of possessing a stun gun.

Ms. Maximen lapsed into a coma after losing 20 units of blood, with one of her lungs having collapsed, and doctors were preparing to leg amputate her leg, the court heard.

However, Ms Maximen suffered a cardiac arrest on Saturday, and tragically she lost her fight for life.

Not an isolated incident.

Eight people in total were reported stabbed during this year’s Notting Hill Carnival – five on Monday alone – with a total of 334 people being arrested during the event – the highest number since 2019 – the Metropolitan Police has said.

Thirteen sexual attacks were reported.

A total of 7,000 officers were deployed over the weekend, with 50 being injured during during the event.

And this happens every year!

Rick Prior, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, calls for the carnival to be moved out of Notting Hill so it can be better policed.

“Now people are going after women with children, you know no-one’s safe,” Mr. Prior said.

“It disappoints me that we’ve not really pushed it forward, for the organisers to at least scope out and consider safer venues where we can still have the celebration, but do it in a much safer manner,” he continued.

Mr. Prior has suggested Hyde Park as a possible venue for the Notting Hill Carnival.

Possibly an industrial estate out near Heathrow airport might be more appropriate?

Notting Hill Carnival: as culturally relevant as a car boot sale.

The Notting Hill Carnival has its roots in the Windrush Generation, a wave of individuals and families who came the the UK from the Caribbean following WW1 & WW2.

The Commonwealth nations had supplied many soldiers, sailors, airmen, and civilian volunteers during the two world wars.

All served with great courage, and suffered significant losses.

Men from the Caribbean, from Africa, and from the Indian sub-continent fought valiantly alongside British and American forces, and contributed greatly to the allied victory. Their losses were high.

The veterans, and the families of. those who had served, were welcomed, quite rightly, with open arms.

But today’s gangs, the Yardies, and the criminals who carry out the kind of attacks described above have nothing, apart from the colour of their skin, in common with the Windrush migrants.

And sadly, the exotic spectacle that was the Notting Hill Carnival now has no cultural relevance in London outside of the Yardie, druggie, and “wigger” communities.

Communist Party roots of the Notting Hill Carnival.

The lady credited as being the “founder” of the Notting Hill Carnival, the late Claudia Vera Cumberbatch, however, may have been pleased to see how this event has evolved. As all students of Marx, and in particular those of Marxism–Leninism know, conflict is the catalyst that drives all progress.

Cumberbatch, born in the former British colony of Trinidad and Tobago, had, prior to her arrival in the UK, been deported from the United States in 1955 due to her Communist affiliations.

Indeed, she was a member of the National Committee of the Communist Party of the USA. In 1948 she was arrested and subsequently sentenced to the first of four spells in prison.

On arrival in the UK she joined the Communist Party of Great Britain, where she became closely associated with British Communist Party leader Trevor Carter, himself associated with Cuba’s Fidel Castro.

Jones died in London on Christmas Eve 1964, aged 49. She is somewhat appropriatly buried close to the grave of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery, in North London.

Main Image: unknown person with knife, Martin Daubney, via X