In a significant breakthrough, detectives investigating the untimely death of 16-year-old Tafari Thompson-Mintah have charged a 40-year-old man with murder. Joseph Barnes, born on September 14, 1983, and currently without a fixed abode, was apprehended on Thursday, October 12, under suspicion of murder.
He was formally charged on Saturday, October 14, and is scheduled to appear in custody at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Monday, October 16.