Man held over 'body in suitcase'

12 April 2012

A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a South Korean student whose decomposed body was found in a suitcase.

The 30-year-old was seized in the West End at around 8pm last night and was being held at a north London police station.

It was revealed earlier yesterday that, days before her death, 21-year-old Hyo Jung Jin - who was studying French at Lyon University but sightseeing in the UK - e-mailed a friend saying she had met a "kind" new man.

Her body was found near York on 18 November last year.

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