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British-Indian woman dies after assault in UK
A 23-year-old man has been charged with her murder, police said.
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Malvika Choudhary - Thu, 03, Jul 2025
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Nila Patel / Leicester Police
A British-Indian woman in Leicester, United Kingdom, has died after suffering a severe head injury in an assault.
56‑year‑old Nila Patel, a resident of Leicester, was walking as a pedestrian on June 24 when she was attacked near the junction of Aylestone Road and Welford Road, close to the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
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She sustained life-threatening head injuries and was rushed to Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, where she succumbed to her injuries two days later. A post-mortem examination determined the provisional cause of death as head trauma, Leicestershire Police said.
According to police, the 23-year-old Michael Chuwuemeka of Dover Street, Leicester, was detained at the scene and has been charged with murder. He appeared before Leicester Crown Court, sitting in Loughborough, via video link on July 1 and has been remanded in custody. He is expected to appear in court again at a later date.
Chuwuemeka faces several additional charges, including dangerous driving, possession with intent to supply Class B drugs, attempted grievous bodily harm in a separate incident on Welford Road earlier that day, and assaulting an emergency worker—believed to be in connection with allegedly resisting arrest. He is also charged with causing actual bodily harm in an unrelated incident in London in the early hours of June 24.
Following Patel’s death, her children, Jaidan and Danika, issued a public statement through the police, describing her as “one of the most kind-hearted people you could ever meet.”
“We are heartbroken, but we want the world to know who our mum truly was – a beautiful, vibrant soul who deserved so much more,” the statement read.
“We didn’t get the chance to say goodbye, and that pain is something we carry every day. But we will continue to speak her name with pride, honour her memory, and live by the values she taught us. Mum’s story matters. Her life mattered,” they added.
The investigation remains ongoing. Police have urged the public to come forward with any information, particularly dash-cam footage or eyewitness accounts, and have set up an online portal to facilitate submissions.
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