Boy, 16, in court accused of murdering woman on Christmas Eve

Kacey Clarke died after being stabbed in a residential property in Bermondsey, London.
A police officer close to the scene in Bermondsey where Kacey Clarke was fatally stabbed (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
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Ted Hennessey2 January 2024
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A teenage boy has appeared in court accused of murdering a 22-year-old woman on Christmas Eve.

Kacey Clarke died after being stabbed in a residential property in Bermondsey, south-east London, on Sunday December 24 2023.

The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested a short time later and appeared at the Old Bailey on Tuesday charged with murder.

During the brief hearing, a trial date was set for July 15 and the boy was remanded in youth detention.

Metropolitan Police officers were called to the scene at Spenlow House, in Jamaica Road, shortly after 10pm.

A post-mortem examination gave Ms Clarke’s cause of death as a single, sharp-force trauma to the chest.

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