Strangled: Cheryl Tariah

An 18-year-old man has been charged with murdering Tottenham student Cheryl Tariah, who was found strangled in an east London flat last week.

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The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is due before magistrates today (Monday) to answer a single charge of murder.

Cheryl, 17, of Dunloe Avenue, Tottenham, was found last Tuesday (February 7) in a flat above shops in High Street, Barkingside, shortly after 4pm when police responded to reports of a “disturbance”.

A post-mortem examination gave cause of death as compression of the neck. Her next of kin have been informed.

Cheryl was described as a “bubbly” aspiring fashion designer who was studying at Chelmsford College in Essex.

A statement from the college said its students and staff were “coming together, united in grief” over the death of a “lovely bubbly girl”.

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