A man has been charged with the murder of Mariana Popa in Ilford Lane.
Farooq Shah, 20, of Station Road, Forest Gate, will appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court tomorrow.
Mariana, a prostitute originally from Romania, was found in a post-mortem to have died of shock, haemorrhage and stab wounds.
The 24-year-old was attacked in Ilford Lane just before midnight on Monday of last week.
She collapsed in Pizza and Chicken 4 U, in Ilford Lane, and died at 2am at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel.
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