A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder following a fatal stabbing this week.

Police were called by London Ambulance Service to Byford Close, Vicarage Lane, Stratford at 6:45pm on Tuesday, September 3 following a report of a fight in progress.

Officers attended and found 15-year-old Michael Irving, from Woolwich, suffering from stab injuries.

Sadly, the teen was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:48pm.

Next of kin were informed and are being supported by specially trained officers. Formal identification has taken place.

A post-mortem examination was conducted at East Ham Mortuary on Thursday, September 5, and found the cause of death to have been consistent with knife wounds.

Further tests will now take place.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder on Tuesday, September 3, by Thursday, he was charged with the murder and appears at Stratford Magistrates Court later today.

Homicide Detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command are leading the investigation led by Detective Chief Inspector Mark Wrigley.

DCI Wrigley said: “Despite the arrest and charge, we continue to appeal for information to help complete the sequence of events that led to Michael’s death.

“I am asking anyone who has information about this incident to come forward and speak with my officers.

“We can be contacted directly at our incident room or anonymously through Crimestoppers who are an independent organisation completely separate from police.

“It doesn’t matter how you tell us what you know, so long as you tell us.”

Anyone with information that could help the investigation can call the Incident Room direct on 020 8345 3715, on 101 or tweet @MetCC quoting CAD 6616/3 Sept.

If you have information that could assist the investigation, but don’t want to speak to police, please contact the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. They do not ask for your name and cannot trace your call or I.P address.