A MAN HAS been charged with murder after the body of a woman was found in a suitcase in a canal.

The body was recovered from Grand Union Canal in west London on Sunday.

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Formal identification has not taken place yet but police are satisfied that the dead woman is Marta Ligman, a 23-year-old Polish national of Buckingham Road, Brent.

Thomas Kocik, letft, who has been charged with the murder of Marta Ligman, right. Facebook Facebook

Thomasz Kocik of Buckingham Road, Brent, was arrested on Monday along with two other men. He was charged earlier today.

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The 38-year-old will appear in custody at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court this morning.

The other men, aged 30 and 34, have since been bailed to a date to be confirmed.

Anyone with any information is asked to call officers from the Homicide and Major Crime Command on 020 8785 8244 or the police non-emergency line on 101.

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