Sixteen-year-old boy is charged following death of 14-year-old girl in a park in WolverhamptonA 16-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a teenage girl whose body was found in a park in Wolverhampton on Thursday. Viktorija Sokolova, 14, was found dead at 7am in Wolverhampton’s West Park on Thursday. A postmortem examination found the teenage girl had died from a blunt force trauma to her head. On Sunday, police charged the 16-year-old from Wolverhampton, and released the 17-year-old on bail under suspicion of murder pending further investigation. West Park in Wolverhampton remains closed while police complete a comprehensive forensic examination of the area.

Source: The Guardian April 15, 2018 20:26 UTC