A
Romanian murderer is facing life imprisonment after admitting
stabbing an Israeli woman to death and driving away in her car.
Nicolae
Patraucean, 20, of Chichester Court, Stanmore killed 55 year-old
Rivka Holden at her flat in Falcon Way, Colindale on March 16.
A
police car was flagged down at 12.20pm and officers alerted to a
seriously injured woman at her home address.
An
ambulance rushed to the scene, but Ms Holden was pronounce dead at
the scene.
Arrangements were made for the body of Ms Holden, a regular attendee at Kingsbury Synagogue, to be returned to her native Israel for burial.
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murder investigation was launched under Detective Chief Inspector
Nicola Wall of the Homicide & Major Crime Command.
The
victim’s red Hyundai i20, registration RE62 AEA, which had been
stolen during the incident, was later found in the Kingsbury area.
Detectives
traced Patraucean and he was charged the next day with the murder of
Ms Holden.
Patraucean
is due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, July 25.
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