05/01/2007

Man charged over stabbing in store

A 31-year-old man has been charged with murder following the stabbing of a female worker at a Leicester shop.

Rina Panchal, 26, from Birstall, was attacked at the TK Maxx store on Barkby Thorpe Lane, Thurmaston, on Wednesday morning.

Mrs Panchal, who had worked at the store for just under a year, was attacked inside the shop and stabbed several times. She died later in hospital.

William Alikori, from Oak Street in Leicester has been charged with murder and is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates Court on Friday.

(KMcA)


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