He came to the UK on a student visa – five months later she’s dead

An alleged killer accused of murdering his girlfriend five months after he came to the UK appeared in court today (weds). Hina Bashir’s body was found in a suitcase dumped in a ditch in Folkes Lane, Upminster, Essex, in the early hours of July 17 last year. Her boyfriend Muhammad Arslan, 26, appearing at the Old Bailey via video-link from HMP Belmarsh, speaking to confirm his name with the help of an Urdu interpreter. Ms Bashir was living in Ilford…