Teenager charged with murder after human remains found in London

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Police say man found at Barnes property on Friday died from chest stab wound

A teenager has been charged with murder after human remains were discovered at an address in south-west London.

The 17-year-old, from Kensington and Chelsea, in London, was charged on Monday and will appear at Wimbledon magistrates court later the same day.

The remains were discovered on Friday after welfare concerns were raised about an occupant at the property in Nowell Road in Barnes, Richmond.

Metropolitan police said a postmortem carried out at Kingston mortuary on Sunday revealed the cause of death to be a stab wound to the chest.

The remains are yet to be formally identified, but police believe the victim was a 53-year-old man.

The force appealed for anyone with information to come forward.