Maria Rawlings ‘murder’: Valentin Lazar, 20, in court after mum-of-two, 45, found ‘beaten to death’ in bush
Updated: 11 May 2021, 11:30
A MAN has appeared in court charged with the murder of a mum who was allegedly strangled and beaten to death.
Maria Jane Rawlings, 45, was found dead in bushes outside a school in Romford, East London, by a dog walker last Tuesday.
A man appeared in court today charged with murder following the death of Maria Jane Rawlings
Valentin Lazar, of Barking, east London, who is charged with committing murder on May 3, appeared in custody at Barkingside Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
He spoke only to confirm his personal details through a Romanian interpreter as he stood in the dock.
Essex mum Maria Rawlings was found dead in Romford last week A 20-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a mother-of-two who is thought to have been attacked after leaving a hospital. The body of Maria Rawlings, 45, was found in bushes in Little Heath, Romford, on May 4. Ms Rawlings, who was from Chelmsford, was found by a dog walker. Valentin Lazar, of Barking, east London, who is charged with committing murder on May 3, appeared in custody at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. He spoke only to confirm his personal details through a Romanian interpreter as he stood in the dock.
Essex mum Maria Rawlings was found dead in Romford last week A 20-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a mother-of-two who is thought to have been attacked after leaving a hospital. The body of Maria Rawlings, 45, was found in bushes in Little Heath, Romford, on May 4. Ms Rawlings, who was from Chelmsford, was found by a dog walker. Valentin Lazar, of Barking, east London, who is charged with committing murder on May 3, appeared in custody at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. He spoke only to confirm his personal details through a Romanian interpreter as he stood in the dock.
By Press Association 2021
Maria Rawlings
A 20-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a mother-of-two who is thought to have been attacked after leaving a hospital.
The body of Maria Rawlings, 45, was found in bushes in Little Heath, Romford, on May 4.
Valentin Lazar, of Barking, east London, who is charged with committing murder on May 3, appeared in custody at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
Flowers left at Little Heath where Maria Jane Rawlings was found dead (PA)
He spoke only to confirm his personal details through a Romanian interpreter as he stood in the dock.
Lazar was ordered to next appear in custody at the Old Bailey on May 13, which will be his birthday.
Essex mum Maria Rawlings was found dead in Romford last week A 20-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a mother-of-two who is thought to have been attacked after leaving a hospital. The body of Maria Rawlings, 45, was found in bushes in Little Heath, Romford, on May 4. Ms Rawlings, who was from Chelmsford, was found by a dog walker. Valentin Lazar, of Barking, east London, who is charged with committing murder on May 3, appeared in custody at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. He spoke only to confirm his personal details through a Romanian interpreter as he stood in the dock.