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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Coroner calls for regulation of supported housing after London teen stabbed to death by fellow hostel resident

A coroner has called on the government to regulate temporary housing for vulnerable young people, after an 18-year-old was stabbed to death by a fellow resident at a west London hostel.

Lance Walker, 18, was fatally knifed in the back by Idris Hassan days after the teenagers were placed in temporary accommodation together in Gledwood Drive, Hayes.

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