Henriett Szucs, 34, was a Hungarian national who had lived in the UK for several years

The second woman whose body was found in a freezer in an east London flat has been named by police as Henriett Szucs.

Szucs, 34, was a Hungarian national who had been in the UK for several years but had no fixed address, Scotland Yard said. Her next of kin had been informed.

The other woman whose body was found in Canning Town was Mihrican Mustafa, 38, also known as MJ. The mother of three, who lived in the local area, had been reported missing to Newham police on 10 May 2018 and work had been ongoing to trace her. The Metropolitan police said it had referred itself to the police watchdog over her case.

Zahid Younis, 34, who lived in the Canning Town flat, appeared at Wimbledon magistrates court on Thursday charged with two counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body on or before 27 April 2019. He was remanded in custody to appear at Kingston crown court on 29 May.

DCI Simon Harding, of the homicide and major crime command, said: “Today we have been able to confirm to Henriett’s family that she is sadly one of the women found in the property at Vandome Close. They are of course devastated and we would ask for their privacy to be respected.”

He said Mustafa’s family were continuing to try to come to terms with her death and specialist officers were supporting both families.

“Now we know Henriett’s identity, we would appeal for anyone with information about her, and in particular her association with the address in Vandome Close where she was found, to come forward,” he said.

“We understand she was last heard from in the summer of 2016 when she spoke to somebody she knew in Hungary on the phone; we need to establish if that was the last known contact with Henriett and I would ask anyone who heard from her after that time to contact my team.”

He said police also needed help to piece together Mustafa’s last movements.

“We need to build up a full picture of both of these women’s lives, whether they knew each other, who they associated with and what they were doing in and around Vandome Close and the Canning Town area.

“The way in which they died is truly shocking and our heart goes out to these women’s friends and families.”

Police found the women’s bodies after being called to the flat at 11.45pm on 26 April.