Teen girl charged over Irish dancer’s killing
A TEENAGER has been charged with the murder of a champion Irish dancer last summer.
Adrian Murphy, 43, originally from Maudlin Street in Kilkenny city, was found dead at a flat in Battersea, London, on June 4 last year.
Metropolitan police have confirmed that 18-year-old Diana Cristea, of Barnet, London, was arrested on Tuesday.
She faces a murder charge in relation to the death of Mr Murphy.
Ms Cristea is also charged with one count of poisoning against a 40-year-old man in a separate incident in Walthamstow, two counts of theft and two counts of fraud by false representation in relation to both victims.
A 25-year-old man has already been charged in relation to both incidents.
Joel Osei, of no fixed abode, was remanded in custody back in
December and is due before the Old Bailey on February 17.
Metropolitan Police said a postmortem examination at St George’s Hospital in London on June 6 failed to determine Mr Murphy’s cause of death.
Police said property was stolen from the premises where Mr Murphy was found. Their investigations were centred around whether his death was linked to a date he had with a man on the dating app, Grindr. Their inquiries have linked the incident to an earlier allegation of the rape of a 40year-old man at an address in Walthamstow, north-east London, on May 30.
Mr Murphy was a talented dancer who produced and choreographed Celtic Dance Force, Feet of Fire and FireDance The Show. He also made TV appearances in the UK, Australia and the US.
He was buried in Kilkenny city last July alongside his late parents Bob and Gretta.