Two Stoke-on-Trent women charged with murder after fatal crash

Two men were pronounced dead at the scene last Friday

Author: Dan DaviesPublished 15th Feb 2022

Three people have been charged with murder - including two women from Stoke-on-Trent - following a fatal collision on the A46 in Leicestershire in the early hours of Friday morning (11 February).

Police were called to a road traffic collision at around 1.30am, just before the Six Hills junction. The incident involved a silver Skoda Fabia which had left the carriageway. Two men who were inside the car were pronounced dead at the scene.

Following initial enquiries into the collision, two other cars were reported to have been travelling in the area at the same time of the collision – a grey Audi TT and a blue Seat Leon.

Three women have now been charged with murder.

Natasha Akhtar, 21, of Alum Rock Road, Birmingham; Ansreen Bukhari, 45, and Mahek Bukhari, 22, both of George Eardley Close, Stoke, will be appearing at Leicester Magistrates’ Court tomorrow (Tuesday).

A 20-year-old man, arrested on Friday on suspicion of murder, has since been released from police custody with no further action to be taken.

Two more arrests have been made today. Two men, aged 21 and 27, from Leicester, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are in police custody.

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