Two men are accused of killing a 16-year-old boy by knocking him off his moped in a "premeditated attack".

Aaron Conway, 38, and Joseph Barnes, 40, are accused of murdering Tafari Thompson-Mintah by using a Mercedes car as a weapon.

Thompson-Mintah was riding a moped along Sevenoaks Way in Orpington just after 3.30pm on October 9 when a Mercedes allegedly swerved and collided with him.

The teenager was thrown off the moped and hit an oncoming vehicle.

He was declared dead at the scene at 4.04pm and a post-mortem examination found the cause was head trauma.

Barnes was arrested on October 12 and Conway was arrested in Kent two days later.

The pair were charged with Tafari’s murder and appeared at the Old Bailey on Wednesday for a preliminary hearing.

They confirmed their identities by video link from Belmarsh prison before Judge Mark Lucraft KC set a timetable for the case.

A plea hearing will take place on January 9 and a provisional trial was set for September 23 next year.

The defendants are accused of using a “car as a weapon in what would appear to be a premeditated attack”, the court was told.

Conway, from Orpington, and Barnes, of no fixed address, were remanded into custody.

Reporting by PA.