Ms Rawlings’ two daughters sat in court for the short hearing on Friday when Lazar entered his guilty plea.Īt an earlier hearing, the court heard how Ms Rawlings was found dead at about 2.30pm on May 4 in the Little Heath area. “He led her into the bushes before violently attacking her and ultimately killing her before stealing some of her belongings and walking off.” The victim was followed off a bus and targeted by Lazar because she was a vulnerable woman alone at night, it was alleged.Īt an earlier hearing, the prosecutor, Paul Jarvis, had said: “He was probably carrying a knife. She was attacked shortly after visiting hospital following a fall. Ms Rawlings had suffered multiple injures but there was no evidence of sexual assault. Valentin Lazar, 21, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the murder of 45-year-old Maria Rawlings. A 21-year-old man has admitted killing a vulnerable lone woman whose body was discovered in undergrowth in Romford, London in May.
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