Man charged with murder, rape and kidnap after 'honour killing' in south London suburb

Murder investigation: Forensic officers at the scene in Kingston
Nigel Howard
Hatty Collier23 July 2017
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A man has been charged with murder, rape and kidnap after a teenage girl’s body was allegedly found in a fridge in a suspected honour killing in south-west London.

Scotland Yard said a 33-year-old man has been charged with murder, rape and kidnap of a 19-year-old woman.

He is further charged with rape, attempted murder and kidnap of a second victim, a woman aged in her 20s.

A second man, aged 28, is accused of kidnapping both the 19-year-old woman and the woman aged in her 20s.

Police and Forensic Officers in Kingston
Nigel Howard

The teenager was found dead at a house in Coombe Lane West, Kingston on Wednesday.

A post mortem examination carried out on Friday gave her cause of death as an incised wound to the neck.

The second victim was taken to a south London hospital with stab wounds on Wednesday evening and is being supported by specialist officers.

Police said formal identification of the teenager has not yet taken place.

Both men, who have not been named, are due to appear before Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Monday.

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