Duo due in court charged with Stratford minicab murder
Published:
7:00 AM November 14, 2014
Updated:
10:02 AM October 13, 2020
Mohammed Yasser Afzal, who was killed in Stratford - Credit: Archant
A man and a woman from Barking are due in court this morning charged with murdering a minicab controller in Stratford.
Nargis Riaz, 21, and 23-year-old Gulam Choudhury are charged with murdering Mohammed Yasser Afzal on March 24.
They are set to appear for a plea and case management hearing at the Old Bailey today.
Riaz, of Fanshawe Avenue, Barking, denied the charge at a hearing on September 15 while Choudhury, of Heenan Close, Barking, is yet to enter a plea.
Mr Afzal, 22, was working at E20 Cars in Stratford Broadway when he was stabbed in the neck.
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He died in hospital later that evening.
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