Overview
- Officers were called around 4pm on 31 January to Pound Lane in Willesden, where a 50-year-old woman with stab wounds was pronounced dead at the scene.
- A 30-year-old man believed to have been known to the victim was arrested later that evening and remains in custody at a north London police station.
- Detective Chief Inspector Rebecca Woodsford of the Met’s Specialist Crime Command is leading the homicide investigation.
- Local officers in Brent have stepped up patrols to provide reassurance and to engage with residents and potential witnesses.
- Police thanked members of the public who gave first aid and asked anyone with information to call 101 quoting CAD 4731/31Jan or contact Crimestoppers anonymously.