Two held over teenager stabbing

A teenager has died in hospital after turning up at a west London police station with stab wounds.

Craig Marshall, 19, of Meredith Tower, Hanbury Road, Acton, arrived injured at the front counter of Acton police station on Thursday night.

He was taken to hospital but died a few hours later. Police said he is thought to have been attacked outside Rufford Tower in Lexden Road.

Two men, aged 20 and 21, have been arrested in connection with the death.

Mr Marshall was the 27th teenager to die as a result of violence in London this year.

That exceeds the 26 violent teenage deaths that occurred in the capital during the whole of 2007.

You hear about these kids dying but nothing is ever done Sharon Marshall Victim's mother

Mr Marshall's mother, Sharon Marshall, said she had lost her "baby boy".

"He was a good kid, he wasn't mixed up in any gangs," she said.

"My mind is a mess. I can't cope with this right now. You hear about these kids dying but nothing is ever done."

Murder squad detectives are investigating the attack, which happened at about 2300 BST.

Police and forensic officers have been searching the area around Rufford Tower.

Floral tributes to Mr Marshall have been left close to the entrance of the building.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said they were investigating the possibility that the death was drugs related.