Kickboxer denies carrying out ‘organised hit’ on Real Housewives of Cheshire star Missé Beqiri’s brother who was gunned down in front of his family on Christmas Eve
- Flamur Beqiri shot several times in front of his wife and young child on doorstep
- Anis Fouad Hemissi denies carrying out the shocking attack on December 24
- Court told he flew into UK four days before with sole aim of ‘executing’ Mr Beqiri
A kickboxer has denied carrying out an ‘organised hit’ on the brother of a former reality TV star who was gunned down on Christmas Eve.
Anis Fouad Hemissi, 23, is accused of shooting Flamur ‘Alex’ Beqiri, brother of former Real Housewives of Cheshire star Missé, on his doorstep in London on December 24 last year.
The 36-year-old victim was peppered with bullets in front of his screaming wife Debora Krasniqi, and his child at around 9pm that evening.
Alex Beqiri (Flamur) and wife Debora Krasniqi. The 36-year-old was targeted as he returned to his townhouse in Battersea, South London, with his wife and young son just before 9pm on Christmas Eve
The crime scene where Flamur Beqiri, 36, a father of one, was murdered on December 27, 2019 in south-west London, England. Beqiri was shot dead outside his home on Battersea Church Road on Christmas Eve
Mr Beqiri, who was also known as Alex, was the brother of Real Housewives of Cheshire star Missé Beqiri (pictured)
On his Facebook, Beqiri posted a picture with his sister and Real Housewives of Cheshire reality star Missé Beqiri with the caption: ‘Brothers!’
The family had just returned to their £1.5 million home in Battersea, south-west London, when the lone attacker struck.
It is claimed that the defendant flew into the UK four days before with the sole purpose of ‘executing’ Mr Beqiri in an organised hit, before travelling to Copenhagen.
Hemissi, who has Tunisian heritage, was arrested at Copenhagen Airport on January 20 and returned to the UK.
Today, he appeared at the Old Bailey by video link from Belmarsh prison for a plea hearing.
He denied charges of murder and possessing a prohibited firearm described as a self-loading pistol.
Judge Sarah Munro QC set a trial of up to three weeks before a High Court judge from July 12 2021.
Mr Beqiri, a Swedish national who had Albanian heritage, had been living in London for four or five years at the time he was shot.
He married Debora Krasniqi in Italy in October 2018.