Mother-of-two named as 'murder' victim found at home after gas blast

This is the first picture of the charity hero mother-of-two who was found stabbed to death inside her London home.

Annabel Rook, 46, was found with knife wounds at her three-bed Victorian home in Dumont Road after emergency crews had rushed to the property following reports of a gas explosion.

Today shocked neighbours told how they heard a scream coming from the home before a blast which shattered the front bay window.

Two children, aged 9 and 7, have been taken to hospital as a precautionary measure but are not believed to have been inside the property at the time of the explosion.

Scotland Yard murder detectives arrested a 44-year-old man at the address. He was taken to hospital to be treated for slash wounds which are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing.