A man has been charged with murder following a fatal stabbing in Manor Park.

Emil Asparuhov Hristov, of Sherrard Road, was charged in the early hours of this morning and is set to appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court today.

The 39-year-old’s charge relates to the death of a man, named in court documents as Dimitar Petrov and believed to be in his late 20s, in a house in Sherrard Road at around 2.50pm on Sunday.