A mother and son have been charged with murdering a teenager with a machete.

Nicola Leighton, 36, allegedly drove her son, Tyreese Ulysses, 19, and three other youths to the scene of the killing, a court heard.

Armed with machetes, the four teenagers allegedly stabbed 17-year-old Levi Ernest-Morrison to death.

The killing, in Hazel Grove, Syndenham, south-east London, on April 10 is said to have been a “pre-planned” attack.

Leighton, of Sydenham Ulysses, of nearby Catford, and three youths, aged 14, 15, and 17, have been charged with Levi’s murder.

On Monday, Ulysses appeared at the Old Bailey for his first appearance at a Crown Court, and was also charged with possession of an offensive weapon.

Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay told the court: “The prosecution case is they committed this murder together.

“The prosecution case is that this defendant’s mother drove the defendant and three others to a location where the car screeched across the road.

“This defendant and three others got out, armed with machetes, where they stabbed a young man, Levi Morrison, aged 17, to death.

“This was a pre-planned knife attack.”

Judge Angela Rafferty QC set a timetable for the case, with a plea and case management hearing for all the defendants on July 2.

Ulysses, who appeared in court by video-link from Thameside Prison, was remanded in custody.