Homeless man charged with murder of Esan Benn

A homeless man was arrested yesterday in connection with the fatal stabbing of former Guyanese tennis coach Esan Benn who died on the sidewalk just blocks from Times Square, in New York, the New York post reported yesterday.

Vincent Cole, 38, was charged with murder less than a day after 51-year-old Benn was found unconscious near West 38th Street and Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, police said.

Benn was rushed to the hospital around 5:30 a.m. Monday but could not be saved, according to police.