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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Murder arrest in Newham after second care home resident killed in London within one night

A 21-year-old resident of a Newham care home has been arrested after a fellow resident suffered fatal head injuries

(Picture: PA Archive)

A 21-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow resident at an east London care home.

It marked the second such tragic killing to take place in London in the space of one night - after another man was allegedly killed by a fellow resident at a care home in Hayes shortly before midnight on Monday, in an unrelated incident.

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