Fifth teenager charged with murder over Shakilus Townsend stabbing

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A fifth teenager has been charged with murder over the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Shakilus Townsend, Scotland Yard said.

The 16-year-old boy will appear before Sutton Magistrates' Court today.

A 22-year-old man has been bailed to return to a south London police station in August pending further inquiries, police said.

The victim was beaten with a baseball bat and stabbed in an attack in Thornton Heath, south London, last Thursday, and died in hospital the next day.

Yesterday four youths appeared at Sutton Magistrates' Court charged with murder in connection with the attack and were remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey in October.

They are: Tyrell Ellis, 18, of Springfield Road, Thornton Heath, two male youths aged 17 and 16, and a 15-year-old female.

No comments are permitted on this story as legal proceedings are underway.