Mother stabbed in front of daughter at Carnival dies

A mother stabbed in front of her three-year-old daughter and a chef found with a head injury have both died after separate attacks during the Notting Hill Carnival.

- TARA COBHAM

Cher Maximen, 32, had been fighting for her life in hospital after she was knifed while with her young child and other family and friends last Sunday. She was stabbed in the groin after she tried to intervene in a fight on Golborne Road shortly before 6pm.

She died in hospital yesterday morning, the Metropolitan Police confirmed.

In a separate incident, Mussie Imnetu, 41, a chef who had worked under Gordon Ramsay, was found unconscious with a head injury outside the Dr Power restaurant in Queensway at about 11.22pm on Monday. Yesterday, the force said he had also died from his injuries.

Shakiel Thibou, 20, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday charged with the attempted murder of Maximen. In light of Maximen’s death in the early hours of yesterday, the offence will be reviewed in conjunction with the Crown Prosecution Service.

Thibou is also charged with possessing a knife in a public place and violent disorder. He appeared in court alongside his two brothers, Sheldon Thibou, 24, and Shaeim Thibou, 21, who are both charged with violent disorder and assaulting an emergency worker, while Sheldon Thibou faces an additional charge of possessing a stun gun.

Shakiel Thibou, of Masbro Road, Hammersmith, west London, and Sheldon Thibou, of Star Road, Hammersmith, gave no indication of pleas, while Shaeim Thibou, of Charleville Road, Fulham, southwest London, indicated a not guilty plea.