Finsbury Park murder: Man charged with Iuliana Tudos death
POLICE have charged a man with the murder of pub worker Iuliana Tudos, whose body was found in Finsbury Park in north London.
Iuliana Tudos identified as woman found dead in Finsbury Park
The Metropolitan Police said Kasim Lewis, 31, has been charged with the murder of pub worker Iuliana Tudos in Finsbury Park on Christmas Eve.
Lewis, of Friern Barnet will appear in custody at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 3 January.
He was taken into custody from an address in Dalston, east London, on Monday.
Ms Tudos, who also called herself Julie, was found dead in Finsbury Park, near her north London home, on December 27, having gone missing on Christmas Eve.
Police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of Iuliana Tudos
Iuliana Tudos' body was discovered in Finsbury Park in north London
Ms Tudos, who police said was of Russian and Greek origin, was last seen by friends at around 8pm on Christmas Eve when she headed for a bus home from Camden.
The 22-year-old was due to meet them at another friend's home in Enfield, north London, later that evening before spending Christmas Day there, but never arrived.
Police said CCTV footage showed her on the periphery of the park shortly after 8.20pm.
Her body was found three days later in a disused building located in the north eastern area of the park.
A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as a stab wound to the abdomen and a head injury.