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A 16-year-old youth has become the fifth teenager to be charged with the murder of Shakilus Townsend who was beaten and stabbed to death. | |
The teenager is due to appear before Sutton Magistrates' Court. | |
Shakilus, 16, from Deptford, was beaten with a baseball bat and repeatedly stabbed in Thornton Heath, south London, on 3 July. | |
Four youths, including a girl of 15, appeared in court on Thursday over his death and were remanded in custody. | |
Tyrell Ellis, 18, of Springfield Road, Thornton Heath, two youths, aged 17 and 16, and the girl are scheduled to appear at the Old Bailey on 16 October. | |
A man, 22, also arrested over Shakilus's death has been bailed to return to a south London police station next month. |