A teenage boy has been charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of Jodie Chesney in a park in east London.

The 15-year-old was arrested in London on 8 March and will appear at Barkingside Magistrates Court on 11 March.

An 18-year-old man remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder.

Police also arrested a 50-year-old man, a 38-year-old woman, both from Dagenham, and a 17-year-old boy, all on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Jodie was found stabbed in a park in Harold Hill, Romford, on 1 March and died of her injuries.

Manuel Petrovic, 20, from Romford, was arrested in Leicester on Tuesday 6 March and appeared in front of magistrates in Barkingside on 9 March, having been charged with murder.

The investigation into Ms Chesney’s murder continues.

Her father appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

Speaking to Sky News, Peter Chesney said: “Someone knows who did this. Just do the right thing.

“You’ll never know the pain you’ve caused and the beauty you’ve taken away.

“They’ve destroyed something beautiful here. It’s a disgrace.”

Jodie was murdered on her father’s birthday.

He called her the “nicest person ever” and insisted she “wouldn’t have done anything to deserve this”.

She had been playing music with five of her friends in the park when they were approached by two males.

One of them stabbed Jodie in the back before the pair fled the scene without saying anything.

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