Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Man on trial for student's murder

Lauren Turner,Pa

Monday 27 September 2010 04:17 EDT

A man will go on trial today accused of stabbing his former girlfriend to death as she walked home from work.

Asha Muneer, 18, was killed as she walked along a riverside path in Reading, Berkshire.

The body of the talented A-level student was found next to the River Kennet by a jogger on the evening of January 18.

Asha is thought to have left the Laura Ashley store on nearby Brunel Retail Park, where she worked part time, more than two hours earlier.

Gulamyr Akhter, of Victoria Way, Reading, is to appear at Reading Crown Court.