Man charged with murder of two women found dead in freezer
A man has been charged with two counts of murder after the lifeless bodies of two women were found in a freezer in east London.
Zahid Younis is charged with murdering Mihrican Mustafa,38, and Henriett Szucs, 34, nine months after they were found dead at a property in Canning Town.
Scotland Yard launched a murder probe after the women’s clothed bodies were found fused together in a small chest freezer in April.
Mihrican Mustafa was a missing mother-of-three who had not been seen for months before she was found dead.
Henriett Szucs was a Hungarian national who had been in the UK for several years but was of no fixed address.
She had last been heard from in summer 2016, the Metropolitan Police said.
When the bodies were found, the case made national headlines and sent shockwaves through the Canning Town community.
Post-mortem examinations showed they both suffered multiple injuries.
Det Ch Supt Richard Tucker previously said: ‘The launch of any murder investigation is naturally of concern to the local community.
‘We have borough officers in the area supporting colleagues from the Homicide and Major Crime Command as they investigate the full circumstances.’
Younis will appear at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on February 14.
On May 1, 2019, Younis was charged with two counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body.
He appeared at Kingston Crown Court on May 29.