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Pair in court charged over death of missing woman

Alun Thomas
BBC News
Reporting fromCardiff Crown Court
Paria Veisi A close up selfie of Paria with a blonde golden retriever dog on a sunny day. She has brown curly hair and is smiling.Paria Veisi
Paria Veisi, 37, was found dead a week after her disappearance in April

A woman has denied charges linked to the alleged murder of a 37-year-old whose body was found a week after she was last seen.

Maryam Delavary, 48, from White City Estate, London , pleaded not guilty to charges of preventing a lawful burial and perverting the course of justice.

These charges relate to the death of Paria Veisi, 37, who was last seen in Cardiff on 12 April and was found dead a week later at a property in the Penylan area.

Ms Delavary appear at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday alongside Alireza Askari, 41, from Penylan, who is charged with murdering Ms Veisi. He did not enter a plea and both were remanded in custody.

Athena Alireza Askari leaving a police van. He wears a grey sweatshirt which is pulled above his nose to cover his mouth. His head is lowered and he has dark black hair, brown eyes and his eyes look up at the camera. Athena
Alireza Askari appeared at Cardiff Crown Court charged with the murder of Paria Veisi

Ms Delavary spoke only to confirm her name and enter her pleas during a short hearing at the court.

An inquest opening heard Ms Veisi's provisional cause of death was stab wounds to the neck and upper chest.

Ms Delavary and Mr Askari's four-week trial was set for 6 October.