Great Yarmouth stabbing: Man charged with murder

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Felizardo Jose Viera-Balde died last Wednesday from a single stab wound on a street in Great Yarmouth

A man has been charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death.

Felizardo Jose Viera-Balde, 23, was attacked in St Peter's Road in Great Yarmouth on 8 February and died later in nearby Wellington Road, Norfolk Police said.

Junior Suleimane, 21, of Market Place in the town, was arrested in Leeds on Friday and returned to Norfolk, where he was charged.

He was due to appear before Norwich magistrates.

A post-mortem examination established Mr Viera-Balde died from a single stab wound to the chest.

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Floral tributes have been laid at the scene of the attack

Mr Suleimane is also charged with possessing a knife in a public place.

A second man arrested in Leeds on Friday night will also appear in court later.

Jaimes Santos, 43, of Nelson Road South, Great Yarmouth, is accused of assisting an offender.

A 21-year-old man arrested in Loddon, in Norfolk, on Saturday was questioned by detectives and released on bail until 11 May.

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