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Man remanded over body in suitcase

A man accused of being involved in the murder of a woman whose body was found buried in a suitcase has been remanded in custody following a court appearance.

Amir Abbass, 22, unemployed of no fixed address, was charged with conspiracy to murder Banaz Mahmod and assisting an offender, during an appearance at Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court in south London.

Banaz disappeared from Mitcham, south London, in January last year and her body was found 100 miles away buried in a suitcase in a garden in Birmingham three months later.

In July, her father Mahmod Mahmod, 54, and uncle Ari Mahmod, 51, were jailed for life for her murder.

A third man Mohamad Hama, 30, was told he would spend at least 17 years behind bars after admitting his part in her murder.

Abbass will next appear at the Old Bailey on January 25.

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