Overview
- Police named the suspect as Adedapo Adegbola, 40, charged with one count of murder after 23-year-old Stephanie Irons was found dead on Westdale Lane West on 21 October at 10:07pm.
- Irons, a Nottingham Trent University graduate known as Steph, had earned a degree and a master’s in clinical psychology and planned to apply for a doctorate, her family said in a tribute.
- Detectives believe the victim and the charged suspect were known to each other, and they described the incident as isolated with no wider risk to the public.
- A 40-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender has been released on strict bail conditions as inquiries continue.
- Crime scenes and forensic activity remained in the Mapperley area, and officers appealed for witnesses as well as any CCTV, dash-cam or mobile phone footage.