Charlie Chandler: Man charged with murder after two teenagers stabbed to death at house party

Dom Ansah and Ben Gillham-Rice, both 17, died after being knifed in Milton Keynes

A man has been charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder after two 17-year-olds were stabbed to death at a house party in Milton Keynes, Thames Valley Police has said.

Charlie Chandler, 21, of Fitzwilliam Street, Bletchley, was charged on Thursday.

A 22-year-old man from Milton Keynes has also been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in connection with the attack.

He has not been named and remains in police custody.

Shortly before midnight on Saturday, Thames Valley Police were called to an address in Archford Croft, in the Emerson Valley area of the town.

Two 17-year-old boys, named as Dom Ansah and Ben Gillham-Rice, died after being stabbed during an attack at a private house party.

Police said that Dom died from a stab wound to the back, while Ben was knifed in the chest.

A 17-year-old boy and a 23-year-old man who also suffered knife wounds in the incident were taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Mr Chandler will appear at Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court on Friday.