The jury has gone out in the trial of a Croydon man accused of stabbing to death a promising boxer and father-to-be.

Charles Acquaah, 22, stands accused of killing John ‘King’ Abbey in a heated argument in Croydon earlier this year.

The attack happened at a bus stop on London Road, West Croydon, on Thursday, January 24, just moments before Mr Abbey was due to board a bus to visit his new born son, Adam, in Mayday hospital.

A Ghanaian former professional fighter, Mr Abbey, 26, died from a stab wound to the heart as he waited with his three-year-old daughter Natalie.

The Old Bailey was told previously that the two men had rowed in the past and on August 7, 2008, Acquaah reported Mr King to Croydon Police for assaulting him and stealing his passport.

Prosecutor Brian Altman QC said: “The defendant (Mr Acquaah) simply chanced upon King and his daughter, an argument developed between the two men. King did nothing to justify the defendant’s actions who was clearly armed with a knife.”

Mr Altman added: “The reason for the feud, they had both been sleeping with the same woman.

“King had said he thought the defendant and Natura had a relationship but at the same time he would say he didn't care. He thought the two were having an affair.”