THE boyfriend of a student killed at her university accommodation has been charged with her murder.
Sabita Thanwani, 19, died from her injuries at Arbour House halls of residence in Clerkenwell, London, shortly after 5am on Saturday.
Cops launched a homicide investigation following her death and were urgently trying to trace her partner Maher Maaroufe.
The 22-year-old Tunisian national was arrested on Sunday and has since been charged with murder, Scotland Yard confirmed this morning.
He has also been charged with assaulting an emergency worker and will today appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court.
A post-mortem examination carried out at Whittington Hospital yesterday found Sabita died from sharp force trauma to the neck.
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Police had previously appealed directly to Maaroufe to hand himself in during a London-wide manhunt.
DCI Linda Bradley, Specialist Crime said: "Maher – I am making this appeal directly to you: if you see this, please go to the nearest police station.
"It is important that we speak with you."
Sabita, who was in her first year studying psychology, was found with neck injuries shortly after 5am on March 19.
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Despite the best efforts of the emergency services, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
She is understood to have been a student at nearby City University of London, living in the block in Sebastian Street run by United Students.
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