Man quizzed over brutal daylight axe attack in London

A MAN was last night being questioned over a brutal daylight axe murder which stunned residents in an upmarket London area.

Witnesses described how the victim’s head was turned to “mush” after he was set upon in Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, north London.

Nick Blackford, 20, said the “calm and precise” killer seemed unworried as he handed himself over to armed police.

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