Severed head and physique components present in suitcase as girl, 33, charged with homicide

Aug 14, 2023 at 10:05 AM
Severed head and physique components present in suitcase as girl, 33, charged with homicide

A girl has appeared in court docket charged with the homicide of one other girl after a severed head was found in a bag alongside the canal.

Arizo Nour, 33, appeared in court through video hyperlink on the Old Bailey on Friday after being charged with the homicide of the 57-year-old girl.

Body components have been additionally found in a suitcase final week alongside the identical canal.

Prosecutor Louise Oakley instructed the court docket that dismembered “human body parts” have been found in a canal off Bulls Bridge Lane, in Southall, earlier this week.

The court docket additionally heard how a severed head, thought to belong to the identical sufferer, was later present in a bag in the identical canal on Thursday.

Police attended a property in Feltham on Sunday, August 6 the place “large quantities of blood” have been discovered.

Ms Oakley stated: “Police were called and, as a result of this, the defendant’s details were circulated as a person of interest. There were concerns raised about the deceased’s welfare as they had not been heard from for 24 hours.

“An preliminary search of that space revealed a suitcase within the canal, with human physique components discovered inside.”

By the early hours of Monday morning, the suspect had been held in custody, the court heard.

“An additional suitcase was discovered which additionally contained human physique components. An additional merchandise was found final night time and that was examined this morning. It’s believed to be a part of the identical physique components recovered earlier.”

A formal identification of the body is believed to have taken place over the weekend.

Ms Oakley said: “At the time there has not been formal identification of the deceased from the physique components which have been recovered.

“The position is that, with the recovery last night of a bag from the canal with a head inside, there will be tests over the weekend.”

Nour’s defence barrister has submitted no software for bail.

His Honour Judge Simon Mayo remanded her into custody to look in court docket once more in December.

The court docket was additionally instructed {that a} psychiatrist’s report was to be ready for November.