Officers investigating the death of a man in Brighton Hill have charged two teenagers with murder.

Ismaila Kamarra-Jarra, 18, from Milton Close, Basingstoke, and a 17-year-old boy, from Basingstoke, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have been charged with murder.

They are due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 27 May.

As previously reported, police launched a murder investigation earlier this week after a man in his 30s was found with serious injuries on Musgrave Close, Brighton Hill, on Sunday (May 22).

An 18-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man, both from Basingstoke, who were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, have been released under investigation and our enquiries are ongoing.

The charges come after a man in his 30s was found with serious injuries in a house in Musgrave Close on Sunday 22 May.

Officers were called at 11.14pm that night and attended the address. The man was later pronounced dead.

Officers remain at the scene while enquiries continue and people may see an enhanced police presence in the area.

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