Reece Heffernan stabbing: Fourth person charged with murder

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Reece Heffernan died after being stabbed in Tilehurst, Reading

A fourth person has been charged with murder in connection with a fatal stabbing in a residential street.

Reece Heffernan, 22, was attacked in Romany Lane in Tilehurst, Reading, on 31 October. A post-mortem found he died from a stab wound to the chest.

Carlos Daniel Capitao Mor Da Fonseca, 23, from Three Mile Cross, has been charged with murder, police confirmed.

He has also been charged with possessing a bladed article and perverting the course of justice.

He is due to appear at Reading Magistrates Court.

Three other men have previously been charged with murder and a fourth man has previously been charged with perverting the course of justice.

An 18-year-old man from Reading arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and assisting an offender has been released on conditional bail.

An 18-year-old woman from Reading and a 21-year-old woman from Wokingham, both arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, have also been released.

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