Maximo faces murder, manslaughter, and affray after Liverpool Street Tube death.

An upgraded murder count after a death is still a charging decision. It is not a conviction. On Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, Daily Mail and British Transport Police reporting said Maximo, 38, of Drydock Square, Barking, appeared at Inner London Crown Court by video link after prosecutors amended the indictment to murder, manslaughter, and affray. Before Thomas Jewitt, 32, died, the CPS had authorised a GBH charge. Maximo was remanded; the next hearing is Oct. 21 at the same court.

Police were called to a serious assault on the Central Line platform at Liverpool Street Underground station at about 10:51 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. Reporting says Jewitt had been travelling home after attending Notting Hill Carnival family day. He was taken to hospital with serious head injuries and died three days later. Those are investigative and hospital facts as reported. They are not findings of guilt against Maximo.

British Transport Police said that on Oct. 1 the charges on the indictment were amended and that Maximo now faces murder, manslaughter, and affray. Prior to the death, the GBH charge had been authorised. He appeared via video link, did not enter a plea, and was remanded into custody with a return date of Oct. 21. A remand and an amended indictment are process. They are not a verdict.

Jewitt worked in affordable housing and had been due to marry his fiancée the following year, according to family statements carried in the Daily Mail coverage. Detectives continue to appeal for witnesses. Reporting of family grief and a police appeal does not decide the criminal case. Maximo is presumed innocent unless and until a court finds otherwise.