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Two charged over flat fire deaths | Two charged over flat fire deaths |
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Two men have been charged with murdering a teenage girl and her grandmother who died in a flat fire in east London. | Two men have been charged with murdering a teenage girl and her grandmother who died in a flat fire in east London. |
The bodies of Shannen Vickers, 17, and Pauline Adams, 57, were found on the fifth floor of Malmesbury House, Cyprus Street in Bethnal Green, on Sunday. | The bodies of Shannen Vickers, 17, and Pauline Adams, 57, were found on the fifth floor of Malmesbury House, Cyprus Street in Bethnal Green, on Sunday. |
Jake Sheehan, 19, of Bethnal Green and David Philip, 18, of Leopold Street in Bow have been charged with the murders. | Jake Sheehan, 19, of Bethnal Green and David Philip, 18, of Leopold Street in Bow have been charged with the murders. |
The pair are due to appear at Havering Magistrates' Court later. | The pair are due to appear at Havering Magistrates' Court later. |
Firefighters found the victims in a rear bedroom of the three-bedroom flat on Sunday morning. | |
Neighbours had managed to escape the seven-storey building by the time the emergency services arrived. | |
Shannen was studying business studies at Epping Forest College in Loughton, Essex. |