Couple charged with murder after burned body found in Southfields garden
Written by News on 22/09/2017
A man and a woman have been charged with murder after an unidentified burned body was found in the back garden of a house in London.
A woman had described smelling a "weird barbecue" as she passed the Southfields property where the corpse was found.
Police said Ouissem Medouni, 40, and 34-year-old Sabrina Kouider have been charged with murder.
The body was too badly burned to establish the age and gender and a post-mortem will be held.
Detectives said they were first called to the Pulborough Road property, in southwest London, just before 6.30pm on Wednesday after reports of a fire and a body.
A body bag was removed from the property late on Thursday afternoon as forensics officers continued their work.
Police confirmed that two children have also been taken into care.
A woman who was passing by on Wednesday told the Press Association: "I was going home at about 5.20pm and I smelled this really weird smell. It was like a weird barbecue was going on."
Medouni and Kouider will appear at Wimbledon Magistrates Court later.
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