Streatham: Woman arrested in connection with teen’s murder

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Leah Sinclair6 August 2021
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A woman has been arrested in connection with the murder of Denardo Samuels-Brooks.

The 19-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday, August 5 on suspicion of assisting an offender.

She was subsequently released on bail to return on a date in early September.

An investigation was launched after police were called to reports of a stabbing on Prentis Road, in Streatham, at 4.15pm on Thursday, June 10.

Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended and found 17-year-old Samuels-Brooks suffering a stab injury.

He was taken to hospital but despite the best efforts of the emergency services, he was pronounced dead at 4.51pm.

A post-mortem examination took place at Greenwich Mortuary and gave the cause of death as a stab wound.

His family are being supported by specialist officers.

Five people have been charged in connection with this incident, including a 17-year-old from the Croydon area; Umar Salami, 18; Denzel Kwateng, 19; Andre Headley, 18 and another 17-year-old male.

The 17-year old from Croydon and Andre Headley will next appear in custody at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, August 31.

In addition, two 16-year-old girls are currently released on bail to return on a date in early September and four other people – a 15-year-old boy; a 16-year-old male; a 17-year-old female and an 18-year-old man have been released with no further action.

Anyone with information that could assist the investigation is asked to contact police on 101 or tweet @MetCC and quote CAD 5897/10June.

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