Man charged with woman’s murder at Whitechapel’s Denning Point tower block
![Whitechapel's Denning Point in Commercial Street, near Petticoat Lane [Google Maps]](https://images.cm.archant.co.uk/resource/responsive-image/3483544/article-lead-image/xs/1/ela-01-murder-charge-abdulqadi.jpg)
Whitechapel's Denning Point in Commercial Street, near Petticoat Lane [Google Maps] - Credit: Google
A man appears in court today charged with the murder of a woman in a high rise tower block near Petticoat Lane in London’s East End.
Abdulqadir Abdullah, 34, was charged last night with the murder of a 40-year-old woman at Whitechapel’s Denning Point in Commercial Street.
Abdullah, a Somali national living in Denning Point, appears in custody at Thames Magistrates’ Court this-morning.
Police were called at 11pm on Saturday to a disturbance in a flat in the tower block where they found the woman’s body.
A post-mortem examination is being held today at Poplar Mortuary. Next of kin have been informed, but police are still waiting for formal identification.
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An appeal has been made for witnesses or anyone with information to call the Met’s Homicide and Major Crime Command incident room on 020-8345 3865, or anonymously Crimestoppers on 0800-555111.
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