Man, 39, ‘who stabbed 23-year-old woman to death at Holiday Inn hotel’

A man today appeared in court charged with stabbing a woman to death in a Holiday Inn hotel.  

Taye Francis, 39, is accused of murdering Khloemae Loy, 23, at the hotel in Greenwich, south-east London on July 5.

He appeared via video link at Bromley Magistrates’ Court wearing a grey jumper and a blue face mask around his neck at a local police station. 

Francis, of no fixed address, spoke only to confirm his full name, date of birth and nationality as British during the minute-long hearing.

District Judge Karen Hammond adjourned the case to Wednesday at the Old Bailey in central London.

Prosecuting Misba Majid set a custody time limit of January 18 with defending David Benyahia also present in court.

Officers were called to the hotel near the O2 arena on the Greenwich Peninsula, south east London shortly after 10am on Sunday, July 5.

Paramedics also raced to £59-a-night 3-star hotel and pronounced Ms Loy dead at the scene.

A post-mortem carried out at Greenwich Mortuary found she died from a single stab wound to the neck.

As they were dealing with her fatal injury, a man in his 30s fell from a height and suffered serious injuries himself.

He was arrested and taken to hospital in a critical condition.

Homicide detectives launched a murder investigation but did not hunt for anyone else in connection with the incident.