Man charged as part of Park Lane security guard murder investigation

A man who was arrested by police investigating the murder of a security guard a New Year’s Eve party in Park Lane has been charged with firearms offences.

Scotland Yard said Imran Mostafa Kamel, 26, of Ealing, west London, has been charged with possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear or danger and possession of a firearm when prohibited for life.

He is to appear at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Security guard Tudor Simionov, 33, was working outside the private event at Fountain House in Park Lane in the capital’s West End when he was attacked on January 1 at around 5.30am.

He was stabbed to death as he tried to stop gatecrashers storming into a party.

Scotland Yard said the charges have been brought in connection with a separate incident at Fountain House on January 1 at around 5.36am in which no firearm was discharged.

The charges are not directly connected to Mr Simionov’s death or the other people who injured in the attack, the spokesman said.

Two of Mr Simionov’s colleagues, aged 29 and 37, were also stabbed during the fight, as was a 29-year-old woman. Their injuries are not life-threatening.