Chingford murder probe: Boy, 16, faces court after fourth fatal stabbing in four days across capital

A 16-year-old boy was appearing in court today charged with stabbing a 42-year-old man to death in a spate of knife killings in London.

The teenager, who cannot be named because of his age, is accused of murdering Joseph Cullimore in Chingford. He is set to appear at Thames magistrates’ court. Police found Mr Cullimore with stab injuries at an address in Flaxen Road at about 4.40am on Friday.

He was one of four people to die in knife attacks during a four-day period in London, bringing the total number of homicides this year to 95.

The first took place last Wednesday when Simonne Kerr, 31 — who appeared on Britain’s Got Talent in an NHS choir — was stabbed to death at an address in Battersea. A man aged 40 has appeared in court charged with her murder.

On Friday Gary Amer, 63, was stabbed to death at a flat in Walworth. A man aged 67 has been charged with his murder.

On Saturday a man in his sixties, who has not been named, died in hospital after being found with stab wounds at a multi-occupancy address in Catford. No arrests have been made.

Mr Amer, a plumber from Holborn, was allegedly found dead next to his toolkit and beside a boiler he was working on at a flat in Madron Street near Old Kent Road.

William Treadwell was due to appear at Camberwell magistrates’ court today accused of murder. A bunch of red roses was placed outside a door where the attack took place.

On Thursday four children were stabbed after a fight broke on the Elmington estate in Camberwell, minutes from where drill rapper Siddique Kamara, 23, was knifed to death on August 1.

Two youths have left hospital and two remain in a stable condition.