A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Jodie Chesney in east London.

The Metropolitan police said the teenager was charged on Sunday with murder and possession of a stun gun.

A murder investigation was launched after Jodie, 17, stabbed to death in a park close to St Neot’s Road, Harold Hill, on 1 March.

Three other people have been charged with her murder: Manuel Petrovic, of Romford, Svenson Ong-a-kwie, 19, of Collier Row, and a 16-year-old boy from Romford.

They are due to stand trial on 2 September at the Old Bailey.

A 50-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender have been released under investigation.

The 17-year-old is due before Barkingside magistrates court on Monday.