A MECHANIC has appeared in court accused of strangling a ‘budding’ lawyer to death in her family home.

Elizabeth Nnyanzi, 31, was found dead shortly before 6pm on August 14 at her three-bedroom Northumberland Road home that she shared with her parents and two sisters in North Harrow.

Accused Peter Kibisu, who was arrested the following day, was thought to have been staying with the family at the time of her death.

The 23-year-old appeared at the Old Bailey on Thursday, November 19.

He spoke only to confirm his name and was remanded in custody after a plea and case management hearing was adjourned.

Kibisu is yet to enter a plea to a single charge of murder.

A provisional date of February 1, 2016, has been set for his trial.