A man has been charged with murder after the body of a missing person was found in a derelict building, police have said.

Junior Ryan Coleman was reported missing on August 20 and his body was found by officers on September 19, according to the Metropolitan Police.

Officers were searching the building at around 8.17am in Brockley Road, Lewisham, as a part of a missing person investigation.

A post-mortem examination revealed Mr Coleman had died from a blunt force trauma to his head and on September 20 a murder probe was launched, the force said.

Daniel Watkis, 39, of Glenarm Road, Hackney, was arrested on Thursday and charged on Friday before being remanded in custody at Bromley Magistrates’ Court, it added.

He is due to appear at the Old Bailey on October 24 and Mr Coleman’s family

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