Hope Rowe in court accused of Charlotte Lawlor murder in Stepney Green

Police in Stepney Green on the day of the fatal stabbing <i>(Image: @_mohammedrob (X))</i>
Police in Stepney Green on the day of the fatal stabbing (Image: @_mohammedrob (X))
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A woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of Charlotte Lawlor in Stepney Green. 

Hope Rowe, 32, of Piazza Walk, Whitechapel appeared at Thames Magistrates' Court on September 16.

She has since been remanded into custody to appear at the Old Bailey on December 4. 

Rowe has also been charged with possession of a bladed article. 

It comes after Metropolitan Police officers were called to Duckett Street at around 1.17am on September 15 with reports of a stabbing. 

Paramedics from the London Ambulance Service were also dispatched. 

At the scene, a woman was found with stab wounds in the foyer of a block of flats and was pronounced dead.

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The Met have since issued a correction to the victim's surname, 31-year-old Charlotte Lawlor. 

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