Woman brutally murdered on Christmas Eve near home

A YOUNG woman was brutally murdered in a public park only a short distance from her home on Christmas Eve.

A major investigation is under way after the body of Iuliana Tudos, 22, was discovered in Finsbury Park, north London.

Ms Tudos, who police said was of Russian and Greek origin, had last been seen by friends at around 8pm on December 24 when she headed for a bus home from Camden.

She was due to meet them at a friend’s home in Enfield, northeast London, later that evening before spending Christmas Day there, but never arrived. Police said her next of kin, who are abroad, have been informed.

A post-mortem examination was being carried out on Thursday evening at Haringey Mortuary, with a result expected by Friday, police said.

Yesterday an area of the northeast corner of the park, close to a baseball pitch, was cordoned off as murder detectives investigated how she died.

Forensics officers marked out what appeared to be clothing scattered on the grass.

Ms Tudos’s home in nearby Upper Tollington Park was also searched by specialist forensic teams.

Neighbour Sebastian Jonathan said: “She was a very nice person, young and gorgeous.”

Ms Tudos, who also called herself “Julie”, was from Moscow and worked at the World’s End pub in Camden.