Man charged with London teacher's murder to plead not guilty

LONDON — A antheral charged with the execution of a 28-year-old schoolhouse teacher successful London plans to plead not guilty, a defence lawyer said Tuesday.

Delivery operator Koci Selamaj, 36, is accused of sidesplitting Sabina Nessa, who disappeared portion walking to conscionable a person astatine a pub a fewer minutes from her location successful southeast London connected Sept. 17. Nessa’s assemblage was recovered successful a section parkland the adjacent day.

Her sidesplitting has renewed concerns that women aren’t harmless connected the streets of Britain’s capital. Selamaj, from Eastbourne successful confederate England, was arrested successful the seaside municipality connected Sunday.

Selamaj made his archetypal tribunal quality Tuesday astatine Willesden Magistrates’ Court successful London. His lawyer, Aiden Harvey, told the tribunal his lawsuit intended to plead not guilty. The tribunal remanded Selamaj into custody. He is scheduled to look again Thursday for a bail proceeding astatine the Central Criminal Court.

Nessa’s decease came six months aft the abduction, rape and execution of 33-year-old Sarah Everard successful southbound London by a serving constabulary officer. The Everard lawsuit sparked ample protests to denounce unit against women and girls.

On Friday, hundreds of radical held a candlelight vigil successful Nessa’s memory, demanding an extremity to unit against women.