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Heartbroken family pay tribute to ‘wonderful’ woman, 57, killed in flat

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November 30, 2024February 12, 2023
Heartbroken family pay tribute to ‘wonderful’ woman, 57, killed in flat

A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder (Picture: Maritime Radio)

A ‘heartbroken family’ has paid tribute to Margaret Cunningham after she was found with stab wounds in south east London.

Flowers and cards with tributes to the 57-year-old have been left at the scene on Greenland Quay in Rotherhithe.

The victim was rushed to hospital on Friday afternoon but died later that evening.

One message left at the scene read: ‘My beautiful sister I’m sorry I wasn’t there to protect you I will always love you and miss you so much.

‘My heart is truly broken. ‘RIP your loving sister Linda.’

While a neighbour, 39-year-old Tracey Garrish, told Metro:  ‘She was the most wonderful lady you will ever meet.

??George Cracknell Wright 30/11/2024 London, United Kingdom Surrey Quays Murder The scene at an address on Greenland Quays in Surrey Quays in South London where yesterday police were called to reports of a woman who had been stabbed on Greenland Quay just before 3pm. Officers supported the London Ambulance Service and London???s Air Ambulance, and the woman was taken to hospital where she died. A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody. A murder investigation has since been launched by the Metropolitan Police. Photo Credit: George Cracknell Wright
Police were called to reports of a woman who had been stabbed (Picture: George Cracknell Wright)
??George Cracknell Wright 30/11/2024 London, United Kingdom Surrey Quays Murder The scene at an address on Greenland Quays in Surrey Quays in South London where yesterday police were called to reports of a woman who had been stabbed on Greenland Quay just before 3pm. Officers supported the London Ambulance Service and London???s Air Ambulance, and the woman was taken to hospital where she died. A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody. A murder investigation has since been launched by the Metropolitan Police. Photo Credit: George Cracknell Wright
Police said they ‘received multiple calls from members of the public close to the scene’ (Picture: George Cracknell Wright)
??George Cracknell Wright 30/11/2024 London, United Kingdom Surrey Quays Murder The scene at an address on Greenland Quays in Surrey Quays in South London where yesterday police were called to reports of a woman who had been stabbed on Greenland Quay just before 3pm. Officers supported the London Ambulance Service and London???s Air Ambulance, and the woman was taken to hospital where she died. A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody. A murder investigation has since been launched by the Metropolitan Police. Photo Credit: George Cracknell Wright
Forensics officers at the scene in Greenland Quays in Surrey Quays in South London (Picture: George Cracknell Wright)
The scene at Greenland Quay, Surrey Quays, in south London, where a murder investigation has been launched following the death of a woman in her 60s. Officers were called to an address on Greenland Quay, at about 3pm on Friday after reports that a woman had been stabbed, the Metropolitan Police said. Picture date: Saturday November 30, 2024. PA Photo. The London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance also attended, and the woman was taken to hospital where she later died. A 61-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody. See PA story POLICE GreenlandQuay. Photo credit should read: James Manning/PA Wire
The London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance also attended (Picture: James Manning/PA Wire)

‘She was so friendly and would chat to anyone. We are all so upset. She was the definition of a good neighbour.’ 

A 61-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder after he entered the River Thames has now been charged with murder.

The suspect, Andrew Cunningham, had been taken to hospital as a precaution, Maritime Radio reports.

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He’s set to appear at Croydon magistrates court later today (December 2).

Detective Chief Inspector Kate Blackburn, who is leading the investigation, said: ‘We received multiple calls from members of the public close to the scene with concerns for the victim yesterday afternoon.

‘Officers together with the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance responded quickly but sadly, the woman died in hospital yesterday evening.

‘Our Specialist Crime Command are continuing enquiries today and at this stage, we believe that this was an isolated incident with the man and woman known to each other.’

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