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Tottenham stabbing: Two teens charged with murder following death of 25-year-old from knife wounds

A senior Scotland Yard officer is facing an internal investigation for gross misconduct for using the phrase 'whiter than white' (Picture: Getty Images)

Two teenage boys have been charged with the murder following the death of 25-year-old Wilham Mendes.

Mr Mendes was a Portuguese national who has lived in the UK since 2015 and a keen boxer, Scotland Yard said as they named him on Monday.

He was found in Albert Place, Tottenham, at around 1.20am with multiple knife wounds.

Police officers attended along with London Ambulance Service (LAS) and he was taken to an east London hospital where he was pronounced dead at 2.13am.

Victim: Wilham Mendes (Met Police)

Mr Mendes' next of kin are aware and a post-mortem examination will be held in due course, police said.

The pair of boys, aged 15, were arrested on December 23 and charged on Christmas Eve.

They will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, December 26.

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