British man on murder charge over burning body

Police in Britain have charged a man (51) with the murder of a man whose burning body was found by the M45 motorway in Warwickshire…

Police in Britain have charged a man (51) with the murder of a man whose burning body was found by the M45 motorway in Warwickshire.

The victim was found on the eastbound embankment of the motorway on December 30th, and a postmortem revealed he died from head and neck injuries.

Police believe he was killed in east London before his body was driven to Warwickshire to be dumped and set alight.

Scotland Yard said it had charged Irshad Mohammed Wali (51), from east London, with the murder. He was arrested on January 7th along with five other men in separate raids in east London.

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A man (46) has been released on bail until next week and the remaining four have been released.

Police said the victim had yet to be formally identified and his next of kin had yet to be notified.

Reuters