Woman Charged With Murder After Man Found Dead in Van in Leicester

Overview

• Metropolitan Police charged 39-year-old Harinder Kaur with murder and perverting the course of justice on 2 June and she is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court.
• Officers recovered the body of a man believed to be in his 30s inside the back of a van on Garden Street in Leicester, prompting a homicide inquiry.
• Police say the van is registered to an address in Sutton Dene, Hounslow, and investigators are tracing the vehicle’s movements between London and Leicester.
• Authorities are asking the public for doorbell or dashcam footage, especially of a white Ford Transit with registration BF18 VNV, and ask people to contact 101 quoting 9873/28MAY or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
• Work is continuing to confirm the deceased man’s identity and notify next of kin, and reporting contains an unresolved discrepancy over the exact date of the suspect’s arrest.