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.

Other witnesses had told him how the attacker shouted “you’ve had this coming for 20 years” before he bludgeoned his victim to death with the 2ft weapon.

The 61-year-old victim was married with children and lived nearby, while the suspect was from Camden.

Detectives are investigating links between the two men, who are thought to have known each other.

The suspect, aged 37, was taken to Holborn police station.

Scotland Yard said a post mortem on the victim is to be held today.

Police said he suffered head and facial injuries but had not been decapitated.