Romanian assaulted Maria Rawlings before he killed her

A Romanian labourer has admitted assaulting a woman before he battered her to death with a wooden club embedded with nails. Valentin Lazar, 23, battered and strangled Maria Rawlings, 45, after following her from the EL3 double decker in Romford, east London, late on May 3, 2021. CCTV captured Lazar exiting the bus with the mother-of-two before guiding her towards some bushes. A dog walker discovered Ms Rawlings’ naked body the following day. A post-mortem revealed she had been killed…