Man charged with murder of Sabina Nessa
A 36-year-old man from East Sussex has been charged
Last updated 24th May 2022
A man from East Sussex has been charged with the murder of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa in London.
Koci Selamaj, from Eastbourne, East Sussex was charged on Monday, and will appear before Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
He was arrested in the early hours of Sunday, and a light-coloured Nissan Micra was seized around half a mile away.
The suspect is understood to have been working as a food delivery driver in Eastbourne and is thought to be originally from eastern Europe.
Ms Nessa, 28, was killed as she walked through Cator Park in Kidbrooke, south-east London, on her way to meet a friend on September 17.
Her body was found nearly 24 hours later covered with leaves near a community centre in the park.
Vigils for Sabina
On Friday, hundreds of people – including her sister – gathered for a candlelit vigil organised in Pegler Square, Kidbrooke, in her memory.
Jebina Yasmin Islam, Ms Nessa’s sister, broke down as she addressed crowds.
She said: “Words cannot describe how we are feeling, this feels like we are stuck in a bad dream and can’t get out of it – our world is shattered, we are simply lost for words.
“No family should go through what we are going through.”
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