Murder case opens after boy found stabbed in crash

A murder investigation has been opened after a 16-year-old boy was found fatally injured in north London.

Deonte Mowatt-Slater died after his motorbike hit a lamppost following a suspected stabbing.

Met Police officers were called in the early hours of Tuesday to reports of a crash on Beachcroft Way in Islington.

Medics at the scene said he was found to have a suspected knife injury, and despite attempts to save his life, he died.

There have been no arrests and inquiries are ongoing.

A number of crime scene cordons are in place in the area, including in Courtauld Road where is it believed an altercation took place before the crash, and in Sussex Road.

A Met spokesperson said officers were "working hard to establish the sequence of events that led to this tragic loss of a young life".