Boy aged 17 to appear in juvenile court over street killing of 15-year-old in Bellingham

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A teenage boy has been charged with the murder of 15-year-old Jay Hughes in London.

The Metropolitan police said the 17-year-old accused from Penge, south-east London, was arrested on Monday evening. He cannot be named for legal reasons.

He was charged in the early hours of Wednesday and will appear before Redbridge juvenile court.

Jay was stabbed near a chicken shop on Randlesdown Road, Bellingham, south-east London, on the afternoon of 1 November and died in hospital three hours later.