London police investigating the 2008 homicide of a Norwegian pupil on Tuesday stated that they had made an arrest, as they urged a Yemeni suspect who fled the nation to present himself up.
Martine Vik Magnussen, 23, was discovered useless within the basement of a block of flats in central London, after an evening out partying at a non-public members membership in style with celebrities.
A Yemeni man, Farouk Abdulhak, was shortly recognized as a suspect for her homicide however fled Britain, travelling to Egypt then on to Yemen.
Police on Monday stated a lady in her 60s was arrested in central London on suspicion of aiding an offender and was taken into custody.
Detective Chief Inspector Jim Eastwood, main the investigation, stated Magnussen’s household had been knowledgeable of the event.
“Although it represents a constructive step, there may be nonetheless far more work for us to do,” he added.
“Most significantly, Farouk Abdulhak ought to be conscious that this matter has not, and won’t, go away,” he stated, promising to do the whole lot to deliver him again to Britain.
“His standing as a needed man will stay and we is not going to stop in our efforts to get justice for Martine’s household.
“I’m interesting to Farouk Abdulhak straight: come again to the UK. Come again to face justice.”
Magnussen and Abdulhak have been each college students on the personal Regent’s College London — then referred to as Regent’s Faculty — and knew one another socially.
He was additionally well-known to her associates.
Abdulhak, who was 21 on the time and had lived in London since childhood, stayed on the flat in Nice Portland Avenue, close to Regent’s Park, the place her physique was discovered on March 16, 2008.
A autopsy examination gave the reason for dying as compression to the neck. She had additionally been raped.
A coroner dominated that she was unlawfully killed at an inquest in 2010.
