Man charged with murder of woman in Newham on Boxing Day
The woman has been named as 29-year-old Kirsty Louise Ashley
A 26-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a woman in Newham on Sunday 26th December.
Yahya Aboukar, who is 36 and of Earlham Grove, will appear in custody at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 28 December charged with murder.
This follows an investigation by homicide detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime.
Police were called to an address in Earlham Grove at around 11:55hrs on Sunday, 26 December.
Inside they found the body of a 29-year-old woman suffering injuries.
Next of kin have been informed and formal identification has taken place – the deceased is Kirsty Louise Ashley.
A post-mortem examination took place on Monday, 27 December at East Ham Mortuary and gave the cause of death as blunt force trauma.
The man charged and the deceased were known to each other.