19/04/2013

26-Year-Old Charged With Party Murder

A 26-year-old man has been charged with the murder Jerome Edwards.

Edwards, 23, from Catford, south London, was shot in the head at a party in the early hours of Sunday morning.

He died in hospital hours after the shooting in Southwell Road, Camberwell.

Clleon Smith, of Hichisson Road, Peckham, south-east London, is charged with murder and possession of a prohibited firearm and is due to appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court today (Friday)

A second man, aged 31, has been bailed to return to a south London police station in May.

(H/CD)


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