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Man jumped on Finsbury Park attacker

A man has told a court how he jumped on a van driver’s back and wrestled him to the ground after he drove his vehicle into worshippers near a Finsbury Park mosque. Mohamoud Geedi, 28, said he was knocked over by the driver’s wing mirror, but got up and launched himself at him. Darren Osborne, a 48-year-old from Cardiff, is accused of ploughing into the crowd in north London, killing Makram Ali, 51, and injuring nine others last year. Osborne denies murder and attempted murder. Geedi told Woolwich Crown Court that he saw and heard a white van speeding up and the noise of gears changing as it turned into Whadcoat Street on 19 June last year.

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