Two charged with murder of man by Tube station more than 40 years ago

EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6 An appeal poster outside East Finchley Underground station in north London as Metropolitan Police detectives are appealing for information in the unsolved murder of Anthony Littler, which took place just outside of the station in May 1984. Picture date: Tuesday December 5, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Littler. Photo credit should read: Jamel Smith/PA Wire
An appeal poster outside East Finchley Underground station in north London (Picture: PA)

Two men have been charged with the murder of a man more than 40 years ago.

Anthony Littler, 45, was found with head injuries in an alleyway known as The Causeway, near East Finchley Tube station on May 1, 1984.

Investigators believe the Customs and Excise officer, who was single and lived a short distance from the station, was murdered in a random attack.

On Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police announced that two men who were originally arrested in March last year have now been charged with murder.

EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6 Metropolitan police officers by an appeal poster outside East Finchley Underground station in north London as detectives are appealing for information in the unsolved murder of Anthony Littler, which took place just outside of the station in May 1984. Picture date: Tuesday December 5, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Littler. Photo credit should read: Jamel Smith/PA Wire
Metropolitan police officers by an appeal poster outside East Finchley Underground station (Picture: PA)

Michael Stewart, 55, of New Barnet, north London, and Anthony Stewart, 59, of Finchley, north London, will appear at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Another three men who were previously arrested on suspicion of murder remain under investigation.

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