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Bronwen Weatherby

Woman, 18, charged with murdering man and poisoning another

A teenager has been charged with the murder of a 43-year-old man and the poisoning of another in two separate incidents.

Diana Cristea, 18, was arrested on Tuesday and charged in connection with the death of dancer Adrian Murphy, months after his body was found in a block of flats in Battersea on June 4, 2019.

She was also charged with poisoning by administering a substance to endanger life in a separate incident on May 30, 2019, against a 40-year-old man in Walthamstow.

Cristea is also charged with two counts of theft and two counts of fraud, in relation to both victims.

She will appear at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on January 15.

Joel Osei, 25 of no fixed abode, was previously arrested on October 24 last year and was charged the following day with two counts of poisoning, relating to both incidents, two counts of theft and six counts of fraud.

He was charged with murder on December 5 and remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on February 17.

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