A 44-YEAR-OLD Eltham man has appeared in court charged with murder following the stabbing of Rolandos Jakubonskis in Woolwich.

Police were called to a house in Elmdene Road at 2.06am on January 29 and found the 36-year-old Lithuanian suffering from stab injuries.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Pavel Arklowskus, of Strongbow Crescent, Eltham, appeared at the Old Bailey today (February 4) charged with the killing.

He has been remanded in custody to appear at the same court for a plea and case management hearing on May 9.