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Ottawa police lay 2nd-degree murder charge in Sherry Lane homicide

Ottawa police. File / Global News

Homicide investigators with the Ottawa police have laid second-degree murder charges in connection with the stabbing death of a 25-year-old man in Nepean last week.

Christopher Avery Houghton was killed in the early morning hours of July 22 at a residence on Sherry Lane, police said.

Read more: 19-year-old killed in stabbing at Metcalfe and Albert, Ottawa police say

On Wednesday, police charged 20-year-old Nicolas Cox with second-degree murder.

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Police said he appeared in court Wednesday morning and was remanded in custody.

Houghton’s death marked Ottawa’s 11th homicide of the year. That figure has since risen to 12 following a stabbing death at Metcalfe and Albert streets in the downtown core on Monday night.

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