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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Lewisham: Murder charge after man, 36, found dead

A20 Loampit Vale, Lewisham

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A man has been charged with murder after a 36-year-old was found dead at a home in Lewisham.

Police and ambulance crews rushed to the property in Loampit Vale on Sunday morning, after a report of a body inside.

A man, believed to be 36-year-old Sonny Booty, was pronounced dead at the scene.

He has not yet been formally identified, but Mr Booty’s next-of-kin have been informed.

Detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command launched a probe into the incident.

On Monday morning, 53-year-old Christopher Baptiste, of Lewisham, was charged with murder.

He will appear in custody at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

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