Man charged over teenage girl's murder
A man has been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Jodie Chesney in East London.
Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 21:25hrs on Friday, 1 March, to reports of a stabbing in a park close to St Neot's Road in Harold Hill.
Officers attended and found Jodie suffering from a stab injury. She was pronounced dead at 22:26hrs.
Manuel Petrovic, 20 (21.12.98), of Highfield Road, Romford, was arrested in Leicester on Tuesday, 6 March.
He has been charged with murder and remanded to appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 9 March.
A male [no further details] arrested in London on Friday, 8 March on suspicion of murder, remains in custody.
A murder investigation launched by detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command (HMCC) continues.
Published: by Radio NewsHub