He appeared before His Honour Judge Lucraft for a ten-minute hearing at which a trial date of February 3 was set for next year.
Mr Monzo, who was wearing a prison-issue grey tracksuit and was flanked by three dock officers, spoke only to confirm his name and give his date of birth.
Outlining the case, Tom Little KC said the charges facing the defendant covered a period of around 20 minutes and began when a van was deliberately driven at a member of the public who was knocked into a garden.
He went on: “The defendant then gets out of the van with a sword. The victim says ‘I don’t know you, the defendant says ‘I don’t care I will kill you’ and then attacks him with the sword.
“Shortly after that Daniel Anjorin is walking to school and he is attacked from behind with the use of a sword to the neck and head, largely decapitating the 14-year-old boy.”
Mr Little explained the defendant is then accused of attacking a paramedic before breaking into the home of a stranger and attacking a man in his bedroom in front of his wife and baby.
Mr Monzo is further accused of attacking two police officers before he was Tasered and arrested.
He is next due before the Old Bailey for a plea hearing on July 23.
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