A 23-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a Cleeve Prior man who was found bleeding from stab wounds in Harrow.

Patrick Fitzharris, aged 21, of Twin Oaks, was found seriously injured on a grassy area in Austen Road, Rayners Lane, Harrow, and was declared dead at the scene on Friday, April 4.

Leon Maxwell, unemployed, of Goldsmith Close, Rayners Lane, Harrow appeared at Horseferry Road magistrates court in central London last Thursday charged with the murder of Mr Fitzharris.

Maxwell was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey today.

An inquest into Mr Fitzharris's death was opened and adjourned at Hornsey coroner's court in north London on Wednesday last week.

Pathologist Dr Peter Jerreat gave the cause of death as a stab wound to the heart. He also had multiple stab wounds.