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An 18-year-old man has appeared in court charged with conspiracy to murder over the shooting of Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson.
The mother-of-two remains in hospital in a critical condition after the attack at a party in Peckham, southeast London, in the early hours of Sunday 23 May.
Cameron Deriggs, of Bromley Hill, Lewisham, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Saturday morning after being charged on Friday night.
He was remanded into custody until his next court appearance at the Old Bailey on 25 June.
Prosecutor Carol Udenze said: This offence happened on May 23 at an address where a lady was shot in the head and another person was shot in the foot – this was at a house party.
The BLM activist was shot in the head on Sunday morning during a party in Peckham. According to reports, four black men breached the garden party and fired two shots.