A 20-year-old man from Barking appeared in court charged with the murder of mother-of-two Maria Rawlings.
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A 20-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of mother-of-two Maria Rawlings.
Maria's body was found in bushes in Little Heath, Chadwell Heath, on May 4.
Valentin Lazar, of Barking, who is charged with committing murder on May 3, appeared in custody at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (May 11).
Flowers have been laid at the bushes where the body of Maria Rawlings was discovered in Little Heath.
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He spoke only to confirm his personal details through a Romanian interpreter as he stood in the dock.