A 21-YEAR-OLD man will appear in court accused of murdering a man with a kitchen knife.

Craig Griffin allegedly murdered Barry Johnson hours after they both watched a Crystal Palace versus Millwall match.

Mr Johnson, 39, was found with a kitchen knife jutting from his head at his home in Albert Road, Mottingham.

He also had a stab wound to his back and died from internal bleeding and brain damage two days later on February 21, last year.

Grifffn's trial begins on April 23 at the Old Bailey.