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A 20-year-old man has been charged with the murder of mother-of-two Maria Rawlings.
The body of the 45-year-old grandmother was found in bushes in Little Heath, Romford, east London, on Tuesday, May 4.
Police believe she was attacked after leaving the King George Hospital in Goodmayes, Ilford, the previous evening.
She was walking to Barley Lane in the direction of the A12 when, according to police, she was grabbed off the street and forced into bushes.
Valentin Lazar from Barking has tonight been charged with Ms Rawlings murder.
Maria Jane Rawlings (pictured above), 45, from Chelmsford, Essex, was found dead in Little Heath, Romford, by a man who was walking his dog at around 2pm on Tuesday
EXCLUSIVE: The body of Maria Jane Rawlings, 45, who lived in Chelmsford, Essex, was found in shrubbery near Little Heath in Romford at around 2pm on Tuesday.