Two in court over headless body case

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) Two people are due to appear in court today charged with the murder of a woman student whose headless body was found floating in a bag in a south London dock.

Xing Xing Xie's body, which was discovered in South Dock Marina, Rotherhithe, in April, was also missing its hands.

Xie, a 23-year-old Chinese national, had been living in Lambeth, south London, for five years.

Noor Azura Mohd-Yusoff, 21, and Trach Lon Gian, 26, will appear in custody at Redbridge Magistrates Court.

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