Boyfriend of 21-year-old found dead in east London appears in court on murder charge

Hina Bashir was last seen on 11 July. Her father in Pakistan contacted her employer, who raised the alarm when she did not turn up for work. Photograph: Family Handout/Metropolitan Police/PA

The boyfriend of an international student whose body was found in a suitcase left in a ditch has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of her murder.

Hina Bashir, 21, was reported missing from Ilford, east London, on 14 July, having last been seen alive on 11 July.