On Sunday, 3 December, The Table of Love & Loss memorial event returns to East Ham Town Hall in East London. Now in its second year, the one day event, which is open to the public, is an opportunity to offer solidarity and hope to bereaved families who have lost relatives in tragic circumstances, while […]
In Turkish, we say, “Ateş düştüğü yeri yakar”. This proverb, which translated means ‘an ember will burn where it falls’, is used to explain that only those who have endured a calamity can truly understand the deep and wretched misery that arises from it. I thought of this phrase as I walked around East Ham Town […]
The family of murder victim Mihrican Mustafa are to honour her memory with an event that brings together other families who have lost loved ones in tragic circumstances. Called The Table of Love and Loss, the event will take place at East Ham Town Hall in East London on Sunday, 4 December. It offers the […]
The horrific murder of East Londoner Mihrican ‘Canan’ Mustafa shocked Britain. The body of the mother of three was found in a freezer, along with that of Hungarian national Henriett Szucs, in a flat in Canning Town in April 2019. Zahid Younis was found guilty of their murders at a trial the following year. He […]
Zahid Younis, 36, has been found guilty of murdering Henriett Szucs and Mihrican “Canan” Mustafa, whose bodies were found inside a freezer in the killer’s flat in Canning Town, East London, in April 2019. The verdict was given this afternoon at Southwark Crown Court, on the third of the jury’s deliberations. He was sentenced to life […]
A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of a man accused of murdering two vulnerable women and storing their bodies in a freezer in his flat in Customs House, East London. Zahid Younis, 36, is accused of murdering Hungarian national Henriett Szucs, who slept rough in Ilford, and mother-of-three Mihrican Mustafa, […]
The man accused of killing Mihrican Mustafa and Hungarian national Henriett Szucs is “manipulative and controlling”, who inflicted “very significant violence” on his victims, a court has heard. The remains of mother-of-two Mihrican Mustafa (known as Canan to her Turkish Cypriot family and Mary Jane to friends) and Henriett Szucs were discovered by police in […]
A man has been charged with two counts of murder following the discovery of two bodies in a freezer in East London in April last year. Zahid Younis, 35 (07.08.84), of Vandome Close, Canning Town, E16 will appear in custody at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 14 February for two counts of murder. Younis is […]
A young Turkish Cypriot mother of two whose body was found in a freezer in a flat in Canning Town, East London, last April, will finally be laid to rest on Friday, 24 January. The family of 38-year-old Canan Mustafa have finalised the arrangements for her funeral together with the UK Turkish Islamic Trust and […]
