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Bagel heir, Joshua Cohen, accused in murders of wealthy mum and sister in upmarket London suburb – Met police remove knives and ‘drugs kit’ from Golders Green home where ‘schizophrenic son stabbed bagel millionaire ’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6 class&equals;"billboard"><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<section class&equals;"sun-container&lowbar;&lowbar;article-section theme-news">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"sun-row">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col sun-col-4">&NewLine;<article class&equals;"article">&NewLine;<header class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;header">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;strapline">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;"><strong>Bagel heir arrested in murders of his mother and sister in London&&num;8217&semi;s upscale Golders Green neighborhood&comma; Sunday<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;"><strong>Joshua Cohen&comma; allegedly knifed his 66-year-old mum Leah Cohen&comma; and sister Hannah&comma; 33&comma; to death in a frenzied attack  <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;"><strong>Police remove knives and &OpenCurlyQuote;drugs kit’ from North London home where &OpenCurlyQuote;schizophrenic son stabbed bagel millionaire mum and sister to death’<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;"><strong>Cohen&comma; 27&comma; was arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of his mother and sister were found stabbed to death<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;"><strong>Forensics Sunday removed items from the house in North London in evidence bags<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;"><strong>Evidence recovered from the home include knives and drug paraphernalia<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;"><strong>Suspect&&num;8217&semi;s late father Asher&comma; was one of the founders of the renowned London multi-million bakery&comma; Beigel Bake&comma; famous for its salt beef bagels&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;"><strong>Three weeks prior to the murders&comma; probate was granted on Asher Cohen&&num;8217&semi;s estate only naming Joshua&&num;8217&semi;s two older brothers Nathan&comma; 30&comma; and Daniel&comma; 34&comma; as directors of the company<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;subdeck theme&lowbar;&lowbar;border-color"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-234860" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;joshua-cohen-8&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Joshua Cohen 8&period;JPG" width&equals;"705" height&equals;"467" &sol;>Joshua Cohen was arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of his mother and sister were found stabbed to death<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>A man believed to be the son of the owner of one of London’s most popular bagel shops has been arrested after a mother and daughter were found stabbed to death inside their north London home&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Metropolitan police officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at the home in upscale Golders Green on Friday night to reports of two injured women and found the victims suffering from stab wounds&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Bagel shop owners Leah Cohen&comma; 66&comma; and her 33-year-old daughter Hannah were found at severely injured their &dollar;3&period;25million home in Golders Green&comma; North London&period; on Friday night&period; Both women were pronounced dead at the scene&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police said Joshua Cohen&comma; the  victim&&num;8217&semi;s schizophrenic son allegedly stabbed his millionaire mum and sister to death&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Investigators recovered knives and a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;drugs kit” from the house where the 27-year-old &comma; allegedly knifed his 66-year-old mum Leah and sister Hannah to death in a frenzied attack<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;content">&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-234854" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;joshua-cohen&lowbar;s-sister-hannah-was-found-stabbed-to-death&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Joshua Cohen&lowbar;s sister Hannah was found stabbed to death" width&equals;"625" height&equals;"1119" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><strong>Joshua Cohen’s sister Hannah&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was one of the stabbing death victims<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-234906" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;police-forensics-team-removing-items-from-the-house-in-north-london-in-evidence-bags&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Police Forensics team removing items from the house in North London in evidence bags" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"638" &sol;>Investigators removing evidence from the crime scene in North London Sunday<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Joshua Cohen was charged with murder on Sunday night&comma; and has been remanded in custody until Monday&comma; when he will appear before Hendon Magistrates Court&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The suspect&&num;8217&semi;s late father Asher&comma; was one of the founders of the renowned bakery business&comma; Beigel Bake in Brick Lane&comma; London&period; The 24-hour shop is an institution&comma; famous for its salt beef bagels&period; Just three weeks prior to the murders&comma; probate was granted on Asher Cohen&&num;8217&semi;s estate only naming only his two older sons Nathan&comma; 30&comma; and Daniel&comma; 34&comma; as directors of the company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-234905" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;police-forensics-team-removing-items-from-the-house-in-north-london-in-evidence-bags-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Police Forensics team removing items from the house in North London in evidence bags 2" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"752" &sol;>Evidence removed by investigators from the Cohen home  include&comma; knives inside tubes and drug paraphernalia<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>After discovering the murder victims&comma; police issued a public appeal to find the suspect who suffers from severe mental health issues including paranoid schizophrenia&period; He was arrested following a tip-off from someone who spotted him in a nearby park&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sunday&comma; police forensics officers removed items from the converted garage at the end of the family’s garden&comma; where the alleged killer is believed to have lived&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Indications are that Joshua Cohen had a significant drug problem as selfies on his Facebook page show him smoking&period; Other photographs show drug paraphernalia&comma; including what looks like buds of cannabis&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Another image shows a chopping board with a herb grinder and cigarette rolling papers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-234966" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;the-family-run-the-beigel-bake-business-in-londons-brick-lane&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"The family run the Beigel Bake business in London's Brick Lane" &sol;>The Cohen family own a famous bagel shop in Brick Lane&comma; East London&period; The Multi-million dollar business established by the suspect&&num;8217&semi;s dad had just gone through probate&comma; but left control to his two older brothers&comma; leaving him out&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-234850" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;joshua-cohen-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Joshua Cohen 3" width&equals;"671" height&equals;"754" &sol;>Murder suspect Joshua Cohen was arrested in a nearby park shortly after the killings after a brief manhunt&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-234909" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;photo-from-cohen&lowbar;s-open-facebook-page-appear-to-show-drug-paraphernalia&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Photo from Cohen&lowbar;s open Facebook page appear to show drug paraphernalia" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"564" &sol;>Photos from Joshua Cohen’s open Facebook page appear to show drug paraphernalia<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Daniel’s wife today paid tribute to the tragic mum and her daughter&comma; who would have celebrated her 34th birthday on Wednesday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Deborah Cohen&comma; who jointly ran a cake-making business with sister-in-law Hannah for the last five years&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She was absolutely selfless and did everything for everyone else&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She was the greatest cook&period; we went over there every Sunday to eat together as a family and she made the most amazing food&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Of her mother-in-law&comma; Mrs Cohen added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She was loving and generous and a wonderful mother to her five children&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;A message on their company’s Facebook page today said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m very sad to say&comma; there will be no more cakes by Coco Cakes&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-234972" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;hannah-cohen-left-with-her-sister-in-law-deborah&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Hannah Cohen &lbrack;Left&rsqb;&comma; with her sister-in-law Deborah&period;" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"801" &sol;>Joshua Cohen’s sister Hannah&comma; &lbrack; left&rsqb; who ran a cake business called Coco Cakes with her sister-in-law Deborah Cohen &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; was found stabbed to death along with her mum&comma; allegedly by her younger brother<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-234970" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;joshua-cohen-9&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Joshua Cohen 9&period;JPG" width&equals;"738" height&equals;"468" &sol;>Joshua Cohen suffers from severe mental issues and recently shaved off his hair and eyebrows<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>A friend of the family&comma; who did not want to be named&comma; described them as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;really nice” and said his children went to school with Hannah’s siblings Nathan and Rachel&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s horrible&comma; I couldn’t believe it when my son sent me a link to the story&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My kids went to school with Nathan and Rachel&comma; they used to get the same coach to a Jewish school in Essex&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;He added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They’re a really nice family but I know Josh has struggled for years with his mental illness&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The dad only died recently too&period; He owned a bagel shop on Brick Lane&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s a terrible shock&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;A neighbor&comma; who did not want to be named&comma; said he saw the suspect on Friday night&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-234853" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;joshua-cohen-6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Joshua Cohen 6" width&equals;"694" height&equals;"578" &sol;>Neighbors have spoken of their shock after Joshua Cohen&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb; was accused of stabbing his mom amd sister to death in the family home<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-234910" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;photo-on-joshua-cohen&lowbar;s-facebook-page-appears-to-show-buds-of-cannabis-on-a-gucci-hat&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Photo on Joshua Cohen&lowbar;s Facebook page appears to show buds of cannabis on a Gucci hat" width&equals;"689" height&equals;"1101" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Photo on Joshua Cohen’s Facebook page appears to show buds of cannabis on a Gucci hat<&sol;strong><strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-234911" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;police-inspect-the-converted-garage-where-joshua-is-understood-to-have-been-living&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Police inspect the converted garage where Joshua is understood to have been living" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"659" &sol;>Joshua is understood to have lived in a converted garage at the back of the family’s &dollar;3&period;25million house&period; Officers appear to inspect the converted garage where Joshua is understood to have been living<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He was wearing a big red hooded fleece with a logo on it and grey tracksuit bottoms and was heading towards the tube station&comma; which is where other people said they saw him wandering around&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He was a bit of a character in the area because of his mental problems&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The neighbour added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I live right across the road&comma; I’ve spoken to him and sat on the wall and had a cigarette with him – it was that type of relationship&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He used to live in the house but there were problems&comma; so he moved to an annexe at the back of the house&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Another local said he regularly saw Joshua acting strangely&period; He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He used to do unusual things&period; I recently saw him on the street cutting his hair off with an electric razor&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He lived there on his own&period; I used to see his friends coming and going&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I saw the news about what happened and I was in shock&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-234908" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;investigator-photographs-a-car-parked-outside-the-house-where-a-mother-and-daughter-were-fatally-stabbed&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Investigator photographs a car parked outside the house where a mother and daughter were fatally stabbed" width&equals;"948" height&equals;"960" &sol;>A forensic officer photographs a car parked outside the house where a mother and daughter were fatally stabbed<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-234907" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;police-go-through-the-house-for-evidence-after-joshua-cohen-allegedly-killed-his-mother-and-sister-in-the-home&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Police go through the house for evidence after Joshua Cohen allegedly killed his mother and sister in the home" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"673" &sol;>Forensic officers search the home  for evidence <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>A recent addition to the neighborhood said she heard a commotion at the home at about 9pm on Friday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sara Veiga&comma; 33&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I had the window down and I heard a lot of screaming and shouting&period; Then lots of police came&period; I was in shock after&period; I only came here a month ago and I thought this was a quiet place&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-234928" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;police-inspect-the-converted-garage-where-joshua-is-understood-to-have-been-living-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Police inspect the converted garage where Joshua is understood to have been living 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"651" &sol;><&sol;strong><strong>Police at the home where other and daughter had been stabbed and both were pronounced dead at the scene<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>It is believed the gruesome scene was discovered by one of the older Cohen brothers Nathan&comma; when he returned home on Friday night&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Despite the tragedy&comma; the usual queue of punters stretched out of the door at Beigel Bake Saturday&comma; with five staff members serving customers&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Det Insp Ian Lott&comma; from the Met Police&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This was a devastating attack on two women in their homes&period; Our investigation is ongoing&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;

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