Charity worker was on phone to grandmother when fatally stabbed by stranger yards from police station

'She hasn’t got one bad bone in her body. She wouldn’t hurt a fly'

Johanita Dogbey was said to have been on the phone with her grandmother when she was murdered in Brixton, south London, on Monday afternoon.

The 31-year-old was attacked from behind while she walked alone at Stockwell Park Walk around 4pm.

Johanita was pronounced dead at the scene after suffering multiple stab wounds despite the efforts of paramedics to save her.

She did not know her attacker.

A 33-year-old man arrested on suspicion of Johanita's murder remains in police custody after officers were granted further time to question him.

Johanita founded the Odette Foundation, a charity which worked with people suffering from sickle cell in Ghana and Togo.

In a statement released through the Met Police on Thursday, Johanita's family described her murder, just yards from the Brixton Police Station, as "senseless".

“We are devastated by the news of the passing of our daughter," the statement reads.

"Johanita was a smart, dedicated, and loving girl who always helped anyone. She hasn’t got one bad bone in her body. She wouldn’t hurt a fly."

The statement continued: "We can’t believe a senseless crime like this has happened as we can’t imagine who would do this to her.

“Our hearts are completely broken and will not understand why someone would take our beautiful girl away from us.

"She will forever be in our hearts as we will carry on living life as gracefully and beautifully as she did.”

Anyone with information about the stabbing is to call 101 quoting CAD 4728/01May, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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