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A 13-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a 53-year-old builder inside a block of flats at Edmonton in north London on Sunday evening (14/12/14).

BBC News reports that the teenager – who cannot be named for legal reasons – was trying to gain entry to a party in the block with four other boys aged 13 and 14, when Christopher John Barry became embroiled in a confrontation with the teenagers, which resulted in him being stabbed in the chest.

The teenager is due to appear at Highbury Corner Youth Court in north London on Wednesday. The four other boys have been released on police bail until January, after being arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder.

The investigation into Mr Barry’s death is being lead by Detective Chief Inspector Neale Baldock of the Homicide and Major Crime Command.

DCI Baldock said that the boys were trying to get into the block of flats to attend a “supervised” party at a flat.

Following the stabbing, the London Air Ambulance and police officers attended the scene, but Mr Barry was pronounced dead at the scene at 20.30GMT, shortly after the stabbing.

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