Man charged with murder over three tower block deaths

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An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder after three people were found dead in a tower block in Luton on Friday.

Nicholas Prosper, from Leabank, Luton, was arrested on Friday morning after the bodies of a woman and two teenagers were discovered at a flat in Leabank, off Wauluds Bank Drive, at 05:30 BST.

Det Supt Rob Hall, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit, said: “[Officers] arrested an 18-year-old man, who has now been charged with three counts of murder, as well as a number of firearms offences."

Mr Prosper has been remanded in custody to appear at Luton Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

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