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| Nurse stabbed to death in Battersea had sung on Britain's Got Talent | Nurse stabbed to death in Battersea had sung on Britain's Got Talent |
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| A woman found stabbed to death in her London home was a nurse who had performed in a choir on Britain’s Got Talent after her son died of sickle cell disease. | A woman found stabbed to death in her London home was a nurse who had performed in a choir on Britain’s Got Talent after her son died of sickle cell disease. |
| Police named the 31-year-old found with a knife wound at her flat in Battersea on Wednesday as Simonne Kerr. | Police named the 31-year-old found with a knife wound at her flat in Battersea on Wednesday as Simonne Kerr. |
| Desmond Sylva, 40, of Grayshott Road, was arrested at the scene. On Thursday he was charged with murder. He was due to appear at Wimbledon magistrates court on Friday. | |
| Kerr was a haematology and oncology nurse at Guy’s hospital in central London and had appeared on the ITV talent show with the B Positive Choir earlier this year to encourage blood donations. | Kerr was a haematology and oncology nurse at Guy’s hospital in central London and had appeared on the ITV talent show with the B Positive Choir earlier this year to encourage blood donations. |
| At the time she told explained how the performances gave her strength after her six-year-old son Kavele died of the blood disorder sickle cell disease in 2015. | |
| The group of NHS nurses and doctors sang Rise Up, which left the judges Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon in tears. | The group of NHS nurses and doctors sang Rise Up, which left the judges Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon in tears. |
| Police said Kerr, whose death initiated the 90th homicide investigation in the capital this year, lived in the flat but was originally from Wembley, north-west London. | Police said Kerr, whose death initiated the 90th homicide investigation in the capital this year, lived in the flat but was originally from Wembley, north-west London. |
| Police were called to the property shortly before 12.40pm on Wednesday but she was pronounced dead at the scene. | Police were called to the property shortly before 12.40pm on Wednesday but she was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| Vickie Foot, 43, who lives nearby and witness the arrest, described the killing as “absolutely shocking”. | Vickie Foot, 43, who lives nearby and witness the arrest, described the killing as “absolutely shocking”. |
| Scotland Yard said that at this stage detectives were not looking for any other suspects. | Scotland Yard said that at this stage detectives were not looking for any other suspects. |
| The victim’s next of kin had been informed and a postmortem examination was to have taken place on Thursday. | The victim’s next of kin had been informed and a postmortem examination was to have taken place on Thursday. |
| Kerr found out she was a carrier of the sickle cell disease gene after a routine screening when she was 12 weeks pregnant with Kavele. She had previously told the NHS’s Blood Donor website about the moment when Kavele died, having woken up vomiting and with a high temperature. | Kerr found out she was a carrier of the sickle cell disease gene after a routine screening when she was 12 weeks pregnant with Kavele. She had previously told the NHS’s Blood Donor website about the moment when Kavele died, having woken up vomiting and with a high temperature. |
| “I called for an ambulance and was told we would have to wait up to 45 minutes. An hour later I telephoned 999 again because Kavele’s breathing became more laboured. | “I called for an ambulance and was told we would have to wait up to 45 minutes. An hour later I telephoned 999 again because Kavele’s breathing became more laboured. |
| “Kavele went into cardiac arrest approximately 20-30 minutes after several ambulance crews started to arrive. He did not recover and passed away in hospital several hours later.” | “Kavele went into cardiac arrest approximately 20-30 minutes after several ambulance crews started to arrive. He did not recover and passed away in hospital several hours later.” |
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