Man, 25, charged with homicide after two die in home hearth in north London
A man has been charged with two counts of murder after a house fire killed two people in north London.
Fouad Boudra, 25, has been charged with the murder of 24-year-old Mohammed Djellal and Faouzi Bouchadoe, 35, who found dead inside the burning building.
Police and firefighters had rushed to the blaze on Forest Road in Walthamstow, north London on April 21, 2024 at 10.42pm.
Scotland Yard said the terraced home was thought to be occupied by squatters at the time. An ‘incident’ is said to have occurred outside the house before the fire.
After they found the bodies, a murder investigation was launched by Metropolitan Police detectives.
They tracked down Boudra to France and on August 10, 2025, the Crown Prosecution Service charged him with the murders.
An international arrest warrant was issued by a judge on 27 August 2025.
Boudra, of no fixed address, was arrested in France on Monday, January 26 and he was extradited to the UK yesterday.
Fouad Boudra, 25, has been charged with the murder of 24-year-old Mohammed Djellal and Faouzi Bouchadoe, 35, after the deadly housefire here on Forest Road, Walthamstow, in April 2024
Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters raced to the blaze but they could not save the two men
Forest Road (shown in the map above) was closed off as firefighters fought to get the flames under control
He is due to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 3 April to face the charges of two counts of murder, two counts of manslaughter, causing grievous bodily harm with intent to a third man, and arson with intent to endanger life.
Donna Wiggins, who has lived in Walthamstow for 26 years, said yesterday she was close friends with the former residents of the house, who passed away a few years ago.
The 46-year-old claims that the house had been inherited by her friend’s son who was later booted out of the property by squatters.
She said: ‘I used to know the people who lived there. The mother used to be my neighbour.
‘I am not sure who the people who have passed away are. Another person I know said the son had been kicked out by squatters.
‘But I haven’t spoken to him since his mum’s funeral.
‘There was always unsavoury characters coming in and out of that house.’
