Jason Kakaire appears in court in connection with five attacks in the Edmonton area

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One of five stabbing victims has been left paralysed after her spinal cord was severed during an attack in north London, a court has been told.

Jason Kakaire, 29, of Edmonton, north London, appeared at Highbury Corner magistrates court on Friday morning in connection with the series of attacks.

He faces five counts of attempted murder and five counts of possession of an offensive weapon.

A 45-year-old woman, said to be the first victim, was left paralysed, the court heard.

Harika Yuksel, prosecuting, said: “The severity of the injuries inflicted varied, with the most seriously injured victim suffering a severed spinal cord causing paralysis.”

The Metropolitan police said five stabbings happened in the Edmonton area between Saturday and Tuesday.

A man in his 30s was left in a critical condition when he was stabbed in Fairfield Road in the latest attack.

It followed the stabbing of four other people in the Edmonton area over last weekend.

Kakaire was remanded in custody and will appear at the Old Bailey on 3 May.