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Six appear in court charged with acid murder

Ben Woolvin
Home Affairs Correspondent
Chloe Parkman
BBC News, South West
Devon and Cornwall Police Close up image of Mr Cahalane. He is wearing a white shirt and is looking into the camera.Devon and Cornwall Police
Six people have been charged with murder after an alleged acid attack

Six people have appeared in court charged with murder after a man was killed in an alleged acid attack at his Plymouth home.

Danny Cahalane, 38, was taken to hospital on 21 February following a serious assault involving acid on Lipson Road. He died in hospital three months later on 3 May.

Five men, all in their 20s and from London, and a 34-year-old woman from Plymouth appeared in Plymouth Magistrates' Court via video link, charged with murder.

They have all been remanded in custody and are due to appear in person at Plymouth Crown Court on Wednesday.

Those charged are Israel Augustus, 25, Abdul-Rasheed Adedoja, 22, Ramarnee Bakas-Sithole, 22, Brian Kalemba, 22, Isanah Sungum, 21, all from London, and Paris Wilson, 34, of Plymouth.

Mr Cahalane was described by his family as an "outstanding father and son".

In a statement they said he and his mum had "so much love for each other" and that he was "well loved by his family and friends".

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