Detectives from London Metropolitan Police's Homicide and Major Crime Command have charged three men with conspiracy to murder 46-year-old Memunatu Warne, following a fatal fire in Greenwich.
Police were called at 01:23hrs on 6 September to Centurion Square, Berber Parade, following reports of a fire at a residential address. Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended, along with the London Fire Brigade who extinguished the fire.
Memunatu Warne
Memunatu Warne
Memunatu from Sierra Leone, was found deceased inside the address. She ran a business college in Sierra Leone and had been due to fly back to the following day after a holiday visiting family.
It is believed that the residence was petrol-bombed and Memunatu was not the intended target.
A post-mortem took place on 7 September at Greenwich Mortuary and gave the cause of death as smoke inhalation.
Two other people from the property, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 50s, were injured after jumping out of a first floor window to escape the fire. Both were taken to hospital for treatment and subsequently discharged.
A murder investigation was launched by officers from the Homicide and Major Crime Command.
Three men have been charged with conspiracy to murder Memunatu Warne. They are: 21-year-old Kurtis Freeman, 19-year-old Matthew John, and 28-year-old Martin McArdle.
A 22-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman have both been bailed to return at a later date.