Police at a property on Vandome Close in east London where two women were found dead (Picture: PA)

Police have arrested two men after the bodies of two women were found in a freezer in a flat in east London.

This morning, a suspect, 50, was arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of the bodies in Canning Town, Scotland Yard said.

A second man, 34, was also arrested on suspicion of murder this afternoon, police said.

Officers were called to a block of flats in Vandome Close at about 11.45am on Friday, following ‘concerns for the welfare of an occupant’.


A murder investigation was launched after the women were found. They have not yet been identified by police.



Scenes of crime officers in protective clothing were at the scene on Monday evening.

Bags of evidence were being carried out of the building that contains six flats, while officers guarded the entrance behind police tape.

Forensics were at the scene on Monday evening (Picture: SWNS)

Residents living at the flats were shocked by the discovery (Picture: SWNS)

A murder investigation was launched after the bodies were found on Friday (Picture: SWNS)

One person living in the block of flats said he was ‘astonished’ by the grim discovery.

He said: ‘We’re all tight-knit around here, everybody knows everybody.’

Other neighbours shared their fears for a young mum who had gone missing from the area 12 months ago.

Mum-of-two Mary Jane Mustafa, 38, disappeared mysteriously last May, with people living in the flats where the bodies were found raising concerns about her welfare.

One man, 49, who has lived in Vandome Close for 18 years, said he had spoken to police.

‘They told me that a body had been found, they showed me a photo of a woman but I didn’t know her,’ he said.

‘I’ve just heard on the news that it was two bodies. [I’m] just wondering why?’

Another neighbour, 29, said the area suffered from ‘petty crime’ but the discovery of bodies was ‘unusual’.

He added: ‘This is not common… it doesn’t put you at ease, you don’t know [under] what circumstances these people were killed.

‘When you don’t know, you’re concerned.’

Detective Chief Superintendent Richard Tucker urged anyone with information about what may have happened to contact police on 101, quoting CAD 4303/26APR.

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