Fourth murder charge over Halloween fatal stabbing in Reading

In total eleven people have now been arrested by Police investigating the murder of Reece Heffernan

Published 12th Nov 2021

A fifth person has been charged in connection with a murder investigation in Reading.

23-year-old Carlos Daniel Capitao Mor Da Fonseca, of Fawn Drive, Three Mile Cross, has been charged with murder, possession of a bladed article and perverting the course of justice.

The charge is in relation to the death of 22-year-old Reece Heffernan on Halloween in Romany Lane, Tilehurst.

A post-mortem concluded the cause of death to be a stab wound to his chest.

Details of other arrests:

A 17-year-old boy from Earley has been charged with murder, possession of a bladed article and perverting the course of justice

Hamzah Ahmed, aged 18, of Jubilee Road, Reading, has been charged with one count of murder and possession of a bladed article.

Tuviah Thompson-Hordle, aged 18, of Brant Close, Arborfield, has been charged with one count of murder and one count of possession of a bladed article.

Umer Arshad, aged 23, of Waterloo Road, Wokingham, has been charged with one count of perverting the course of justice.

A 29-year-old man and two 19-year-old men, all from Reading, arrested on suspicion of murder have been released under investigation.

Further to this, an 18-year-old male from Reading arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and assisting an offender, and a 19-year-old female from Reading, and a 21-year-old female from Wokingham were both arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender have been released under investigation.

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