Valentin Lazar, 23, followed 45-year-old Maria Rawlings off a double-decker bus in Romford, east London, in May 2021 and led her into some bushes where he raped and killed her.
Valentin Lazar, 23, killed Maria Rawlings with a wooden stick embedded with nails and a knife in May 2021. He has now been charged with raping her before leaving her naked body in the bushes.