Police name London stabbing victim

12 April 2012

An 18-year-old man who died after being stabbed during a fight in north London has been named by police as Melvin Bryan.

The teenager received fatal wounds to his neck and chest during the confrontation at a bedsit in Gloucester Road, Edmonton, on Thursday.

His death took the number of teenagers to die violently in the capital since the beginning of the year to 20.

Police were called to reports of a disturbance at the address close to Silver Street railway station at about 2.30pm.

Mr Bryan, of Peckham, south east London, was taken to hospital for treatment but died of his injuries.

A man and woman were arrested in relation to the incident. But they were later released with no further action.

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