Rhamyah Bailey-Edwards, 21, has been charged along with two others as police investigate the stabbing of 20-year-old Jason Romeo in Hackney last week

A Walthamstow man has been charged with murder over the fatal stabbing of Jason Romeo, 20, in Hackney last Tuesday (18th February).

Jason was stabbed outside a house in Bodney Road in Hackney just before 6pm on Tuesday.

Amid a police investigation into the stabbing, Rhamyah Bailey-Edwards, 21, of Williams Avenue, Walthamstow has been charged with murder.

Also charged with murder are Raynolph Asante, 22, of Pembury Road, Hackney, and Travis Mitchell, 22, of Bodney Road, Hackney.

The three men will appear at Thames Magistrates today (24th February).

Scotland Yard also said that on Saturday (23rd February) officers arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of murder who remains in custody.

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