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Custom House deaths: Man charged with preventing burial

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Sophie Morton

Published: 7:25 AM May 2, 2019
Updated: 10:18 AM October 13, 2020
Police outside a block of flats in Vandome Close, Custom House. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Police outside a block of flats in Vandome Close, Custom House. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire - Credit: PA

A man has been charged in connection with the discovery of two bodies in a freezer in Custom House.

Zahid Younis, 34, of Vandome Close, is accused of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body.

The bodies of two women were discovered after officers gained entry to a flat in Vandome Close on Friday.

Younis is due to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court today (Thursday).

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