Bermondsey: Teenager charged with murder of 22-year-old woman
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A Metropolitan Police officer at the scene outside Spenlow House in Jamaica Road, Bermondsey
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a 22-year-old woman.
Police were called just after 22:00 GMT on 24 December to reports of a woman with a stab injury at a home in Spenlow House, Jamaica Road, Bermondsey.
The woman, who has been named as Kacey Clarke, died at the scene. She and the teenager knew each other, the Metropolitan Police said.
The suspect is due to appear at Croydon Magistrates' Court on Thursday, to face the charge, the force added.
Kacey Clarke died from a stab wound at a property at Spenlow House
He was arrested a short time after the stabbing on suspicion of murder.
A post-mortem examination gave Ms Clarke's cause of death as a single sharp force trauma to the chest, the Met said.
Her family are being supported by specially trained officers.
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