A man has been charged with child destruction following an attack on a heavily-pregnant woman, Scotland Yard said.
The 21-year-old victim, who was 32 weeks' pregnant, lost her unborn child and remains in a critical condition after the assault in near her home in Peckham, south-east London on Monday night.
Kevin Wilson, 20, of Stansfield House, Longfield Estate, south-east London, has been accused of child destruction, contrary to the Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929, and grievous bodily harm with intent.
He has been remanded in custody to appear at Camberwell Green Magistrates Court later today.
Earlier, the London Ambulance Service apologised after admitting police were forced to take the victim, named in reports as Malorie Bantala, to hospital themselves when, after an hour and 10 minutes of waiting, the ambulance had still not attended.
The woman later lost her baby in hospital and remained in a critical condition following the attack near her home on Monday night.
A spokeswoman for the London Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 8.16pm on 15 June to Talfourd Place, SE15.
"We are very sorry that we were unable to send an ambulance before we were cancelled by the police at 9.25pm and are now looking into the circumstances of what happened."
She confirmed that the LAS did not attend and that police officers took the woman to a south London hospital.
The spokeswoman said the first 999 call from a member of the public was assessed to be a "lower priority call" - or a category C call.