Woman charged with murder in Cricklewood

Source: United Kingdom London Metropolitan Police

A woman has been charged with murder as police investigate the death of a man in Cricklewood.

Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at about 08:10hrs on Friday, 8 September, to reports of a critically injured man at a residential address on Westcroft Close, NW2.

Officers attended and found a man, aged in his mid-30s, with a stab injury. Despite the efforts of paramedics, the man died at the scene.

A post-mortem examination held on Saturday, 9 September, gave cause of death as shock and hemorrhaging caused by a stab wound.

The man’s family have been informed and, although formal identification awaits, he can be named as Gary Sampson, 34, who lived at the address in Westcroft Close.

Marie Nellie, 44, (24.10.78) of Westcroft Close, NW2 was arrested at the scene and taken into police custody. She will appear at Highbury Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 11 September, charged with murder.

The woman charged was known to the deceased. At this stage, nobody else is sought in connection with the incident.

A crime scene remains in place at the address in Westcroft Close.

Enquiries continue. Anyone with information that may assist the investigation is asked to call 101, ref 1693/08sep