A woman has been charged with murder after the body of a man was found at a residential address in Lewisham.
Habiba Naveed, 34, of Polsted Road, SE6 was charged with murder and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal on Friday 16 August. A murder investigation was launched, led by Detective Chief Inspector Kate Blackburn of the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, following the discovery of the body of a man at a residential address on Polsted Road in the early hours of Thursday 15 August.
Detectives have named the victim as 72-year-old Christopher Brown who was from Lewisham. A post-mortem examination found the cause of Christopher’s death to be blunt force trauma. The house cat, Snow, was found dead having been stabbed in the neck.
Habiba Naveed was arrested on Thursday 15 August on suspicion of murder. She was taken to a south London police station and was subsequently charged.
The victim and the woman charged were known to each other and no other persons are currently sought in connection with this incident.
Judge Judy Khan KC remanded Ms Naveed into custody to next appear in court for a plea hearing on 5 November.
