West Norwood stabbing: Man charged with murder after woman knifed to death in south London street

A man has been charged with murder after a woman was stabbed to death in a south London street.

The victim, thought to be a mother-of-two aged in her 30s, was knifed in broad daylight in West Norwood on Thursday.

Mark Morris, 39, of Cranbrook Road, Croydon, was on Friday charged with her murder.

Police and paramedics were scrambled to the street, Eylewood Road, just after 7pm but the woman died at the scene.

She was the 15th person stabbed to death in London in six weeks.

A post-mortem examination was held on Friday at Greenwich Mortuary, and a provisional cause of death was given as a stab wound to the heart.

Morris will appear in custody at Camberwell Magistrates' Court on Monday, May 29.

A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said: “The woman has not yet been formally identified. Her next of kin have been informed.

“Detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command are investigating and they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation.”