Charge brought over shop murder

Arulanantham Jayasundarakumar was stabbed in the stomach

A 21-year-old man has been charged over a fatal stabbing at an east London greengrocer's shop.

Arulanantham Jayasundarakumar, 66, died in an attack at the Jena Superstore in Horns Road, Ilford, on Wednesday night.

The victim, who was working at the shop owned by family friends, was stabbed in the stomach and died at the scene.

Idris Jaulim, of Waverley Road, South Woodfood, east London, will appear at Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court on Monday charged with his murder.

Mr Jayasundarakumar lived with his wife and son in Ilford.

A post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be a single stab wound to the stomach.