A teenager is in custody on suspicion of murdering Oxford United academy player Godwin Nii Lawson.

The Metropolitan Police confirmed a 19-year-old man was arrested last night in Finsbury Park and remains in custody at a north London police station.

Godwin, of Enfield, north London, was stabbed in Stamford Hill on Saturday morning and died at the scene.

The 17-year-old was a member of United’s football and education academy