A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old in east London last month.

Santino Angelo Dymiter was found critically injured in Chadd Green, Plaistow at about 3.30pm on 26 August.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, and a postmortem examination concluded he died as a result of a stab wound. Scotland Yard said officers arrested the boy on Saturday and charged him with murder on Sunday. A 24-year-old man was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

The teenager faces an additional count of possession of a knife. He was remanded in custody to appear at Stratford youth court on Monday.

Detectives also charged a 14-year-old boy from Barking, east London with murder on Saturday. He is due to appear at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.