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Two appear in court over body of missing woman

Iolo Cheung
BBC News
Reporting fromCardiff Crown Court
South Wales Police A close up selfie of Paria with a blonde golden retriever dog on a sunny day. She has brown curly hair and is smiling.South Wales Police
Paria Veisi was last seen at 15:00 BST on 12 April

A man and a woman have appeared in court charged in connection with the death of a 37-year-old woman from Cardiff.

Police confirmed on Saturday that the body of Paria Veisi, from Cathays, in Cardiff, had been found at an address in Penylan following a murder investigation.

Ms Veisi was last seen at 15:00 BST on 12 April when she left her place of work driving a black Mercedes GLC 200.

Alireza Askari, 41, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday charged with her murder.

Wearing a grey jumper, Mr Askari, from Penylan, Cardiff, spoke to confirm his name, date of birth and address.

He has been charged with murder, preventing lawful and decent burial of a dead body and assaulting a person occasioning them actual bodily harm.

A man is escorted from a police van. He is handcuffed to a prison officer who has a white shirt on with a black tie. The prisoner is wearing grey tracksuit bottoms and a grey sweatshirt. He is covering his mouth with the grey sweatshirt and he has black hair.
Alireza Askari arriving at Cardiff Crown Court

Maryam Delavary, 48, from White City Estate, London, also appeared in court and is charged with preventing a lawful and decent burial of a dead body and conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

They will appear next at Cardiff Crown Court on 16 May, and have been remanded in custody.