Aspiring lawyer Zara Aleena, 35, died from head and neck injuries, inquest hears
Daily MailAspiring lawyer Zara Aleena, who was killed on the streets of east London last month, died from head and neck injuries, a coroner's court heard. East London Coroner Nadia Persaud was today told by coroner's officer Jean Smyth that Ms Aleena was admitted to the Royal London Hospital shortly before 4.45am with multiple injuries. Miss Aleena was attacked as she walked home from a night out along Cranbrook Road in Ilford, towards Gants Hill station, in the early hours of Sunday, June 26 Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Jordan McSweeney appearing by video link from HMP Thameside during a hearing at the Old Bailey, London 'She was the rock of our family': Read the full heartbreaking statement from Zara Aleena's family following her death Zara Aleena, 35, died from severe head injuries after she was attacked on her way back from a night out in the early hours of Sunday morning The family of Zara Aleena, who was killed while walking home in east London in the early hours of Sunday morning, released a statement today after a man was arrested over her death. Kind and loving: Law graduate Zara Aleena, pictured left, was killed by a stranger as she walked home and had told her best friend Lisa Hodgson, right, 'that won't happen to us' after Sarah Everard's murder The road where Zara was found with horrific injuries was just a short distance from Gants Hill Station