Fifteen-year-old boy charged with trying to kill child asylum seeker

Accused will appear at the Old Bailey next month following stabbing near hotel in west London

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the attempted murder of a child asylum seeker in west London. He has been remanded into secure accommodation and will appear at the Old Bailey next month.

The charges follow a stabbing incident close to a hotel in the west London area used by the Home Office to accommodate adult male asylum seekers just before midnight on 22 October.