Seven charged over attack on teenage asylum seeker in Croydon

Kurdish Iranian Reker Ahmed, 17, was chased and subjected to what police described as a "brutal attack" after a group of people discovered he was an asylum seeker.

Two more people in the UK have been charged in connection with a suspected hate crime which left a teenage asylum seeker fighting for his life.

Kyran Evans, 23, and a 17-year-old girl, both from the Croydon area, are charged with violent disorder.