Man in court over sisters' murders (From Harrow Times)

Man in court over sisters' murders

5:41pm Saturday 20th September 2008

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A man has appeared in court charged with the murders of two sisters found dead in the flat they rented.

Mohammed Ali, 28, spoke only to confirm his name and address when he appeared at Birmingham Magistrates' Court charged with murdering Yasmine and Sabrina Larbi-Cherif.

Ali, of Old Snowhill, Birmingham, was charged with two counts of murder.

The sisters were found in the flat they shared in Birmingham's Ladywood district at about 5.40pm on Monday.

Two magistrates were told on Saturday that the family of Yasmine and her 19-year-old sister Sabrina phoned police after they failed to contact the women, who usually called home every day.

When West Midlands Police visited the flat they shared in the Jupiter Apartments complex they found the sisters lying on two single beds in the bedroom, prosecuting solicitor Louisa Dolphin said.

Yasmine, 22, had been stabbed twice, once in the back, whilst Sabrina had suffered a "significant amount" of stab wounds, Ms Dolphin added.

No application for bail was made and Ali was remanded in custody to appear next at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday, September 26.

The Algerian-born sisters were British nationals and had only lived in their flat a few weeks.

Their family live in the Wembley area of north-west London.

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