A 31-year-old man has been charged with grievous bodily harm (GBH) after a fifteen-year-old boy was stabbed in broad daylight in Peckham last Friday.
Thomas Denton, of Barry Road, East Dulwich, was arrested the same day and charged with a litany of offences the following Sunday.
Police were called to Rye Lane at 4.14pm on September 23, following reports of a stabbing.
Officers and paramedics found the teenage victim suffering with injuries and rushed him to hospital where his condition was deemed non-life-threatening.
As well as section 18 GBH, Denton has been charged with criminal damage and common assault of an emergency worker.
He was also charged with causing fear or provocation of violence by words, writing, and using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour, to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
He appeared in custody at Croydon Magistrates Court on Monday, September 26, 2022.
Anyone with information is asked to call 101 or tweet @MetCC and quote CAD 4783-22Sep. Alternatively, people can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers 100 per cent anonymously on 0800 555 111.