'Nothing could prepare me for the discovery of the murdered body of my missing friend'

Rachel Roussel (right) 47, who is organising a fundraiser for the family of her friend, mother-of-three Joanne Sheen, who disappeared nearly seven years ago and whose remains were found after a wildfire in London - (PA)

A close friend of a mother-of-three whose remains were uncovered by a wildfire in London nearly seven years after she disappeared said “nothing could prepare” her for the discovery.

Rachel Roussel, 47, of Southampton, said learning the remains found in Feltham last month was Joanne Sheen, was “absolutely devastating”.