A man accused of murdering grandmother Marie Harding and three other people was seen by a judge in his prison cell today.

Daniel Julian Gonzalez, 24, is alleged to have stabbed Mrs Harding, 73, from Southwick, on Wednesday last week.

He was due to appear before magistrates yesterday morning but the hearing was held in his cell at Highbury police station in London following an application by detectives.

Deputy judge Dorothy Quick, accompanied by a representative of the Press, stood by the cell door to read out his name and address.

Gonzalez, wearing a white jumper and grey jogging bottoms, remained silent as the judge then read out the new charges against him.

He is already accused of the murder of Derek and Jean Robinson at their home in Highgate, north London, on September 17.

Yesterday five new charges were put to him, including the murder of Mrs Harding.

Gonzalez, of Southwood Avenue, Woking, Surrey, was further charged with killing Irish-born pub landlord Kevin Molloy, 46, who was found dead in Tottenham on September 17.

He was also charged with attempting to murder Peter King on September 15 in Portsmouth, burglary with intent to commit grievous bodily harm on September 17 and the attempted murder of Koumis Constantino.

Judge Quick remanded Gonzalez, who has short, cropped greying hair, in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on September 30.

Mrs Harding had been walking to her home in Highdown, Southwick, when she was attacked in a secluded lane. She had dedicated her life to Brighton and Hove Albion and was a turnstile operator at the Goldstone ground before working part-time in the ticket office in Queens Road.

Dr Robinson, 75, a retired consultant paediatrician and his wife Jean, 68, a retired music teacher, were discovered by a decorator in the hallway of their home in Makepeace Avenue, on the Holly Lodge Estate, in Highgate Hill two days after Mrs Harding was found dead.