Man charged over bus driver death

Luke died after being stabbed in the neck

A man has been charged with murder after a bus driver was found stabbed in south-west London.

Luke Rees-Pulley died on Friday after being found with stab wounds at Heron Court, in Hampton Wick, on Friday.

Mark Turner, 25, of no fixed abode, appeared before magistrates on Monday and was remanded in custody.

Police are trying to trace the events leading up to the attack on Luke who was last seen getting on the N85 bus at about 0500GMT on Friday in Putney.

He was wearing a black leather bomber jacket, a grey crew neck jumper with a DKNY logo across the front, blue flared jeans with a Hard Rock cafe badge on the right leg and a black leather belt with an eagle and the words United States of America on an oval buckle.

A post-mortem examination revealed he died from a stab wound to the neck.

Mr Turner will appear at the Old Bailey on Monday.