A Newham man has been charged with the murder of a 48-year-old in north London.

Police were notified by the London Ambulance Service about an injured man inside an address in Howards Close, Harrow, just after 10.30pm on Monday, February 20.

Officers and paramedics attended and the injured man, Rafal Zabiecki, died at the scene.

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A post mortem examination found the cause of Rafal’s death to be multiple blunt force injuries.

Jakub Molga (also known as Leon Pedrycz), 25, a Polish national of Romford Road, was arrested on Friday (February 24).

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He was charged today (Sunday, February 26) with the murder of Rafal and the actual bodily harm of another man.

He is due to appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Monday, February 27.

Another man, arrested on suspicion of murder, aged 61, has been released on bail.