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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Thomas Kingsley

Maida Vale stabbing: Mother-of-two’s death at hands of ex ‘shocking and distressing’, inquest told

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The fatal stabbing of a mother-of-two by her abusive ex-husband was “a truly shocking and distressing death,” an inquest has heard.

Yasmin Chkaifa, 43, was stabbed multiple times in broad daylight in Maida Vale, west London, on 24 January by her ex partner Leon McCaskie, Westminster Coroner’s Court was told.

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