Edward Syad burglary murder suspect charged
A man has been charged with murdering a 64-year-old who was tied up and attacked in a burglary at his home in south-east London.
Edward Syrad and his wife Anne were targeted at their home in Edendale Road, Barnehurst, on 25 January.
Mr Syrad was threatened with a gun and assaulted.
Gezim Delijah, 37, of no fixed abode, has been charged with murder and aggravated burglary and will appear in court in Bromley on Monday.
Post-mortem tests showed Mr Syrad, who had given up work due to his poor eyesight, died of numerous blunt trauma injuries and heart failure.
His wife, who runs a building and property company, needed hospital treatment following the burglary in which she was also tied up.
Cash was taken in the raid.