Witness to south-east London stabbing tells of teenager’s dying pleas

Woman who held boy, 15, as he lay on ground says she tried to save him after finding him outside her flat

A schoolboy who was fatally stabbed in south-east London pleaded I'm 15, don't let me die" as he lay bleeding, a woman who held him as he lay on the ground has said.

The witness said she tried to save the boy after finding him wounded in the road outside her flat. Police were called at about 6.30pm on Sunday to reports of a disturbance in Woolwich. The boy was found at the scene with a stab wound and died a short time later.