Suspect in student house murder was child refugee from war-torn Congo
Benjamin Katabana, 27, is charged with the killing of Ucheena Okirie in shared student accommodation in Norwich.
Police were called to Somerleyton House, an accommodation for both students and professionals off Unthank Road, at 5.22am on November 22 to reports that a man had suffered a suspected stab wound.
A murder investigation was launched after Mr Okirie, who was in his 30s, died from a single stab wound to the chest.
Ucheena Okirie died from a single stab wound to his chest (Image: Facebook)
The stabbing happened at Somerleyton House, an accommodation for both students and professionals (Image: Harry Jackaman-Pegg/Submitted)
Mr Okirie, a Nigerian national who was also known as Uche, was formerly a post-graduate student at the University of East Anglia's School of International Development.
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