Murder charges over body in boot

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Two men have been charged with murder and perverting the course of justice after the body of a woman was found in the boot of a car.

Robert McCarry, 35, and Paul Waters, 28, both of Ipswich, will appear before Ipswich magistrates on Wednesday.

They were charged after the body of 34-year-old Nicola West, of Little Blakenham, near Ipswich, was found in a green Ford Escort.

It had been driven to Ipswich police station late on Saturday night.

A post-mortem examination carried out by a Home Office pathologist on Sunday night established the woman's cause of death as strangulation.

As part of the investigation officers had cordoned off an area around the Suffolk Ski Centre in the Wherstead area of Ipswich.

'Sadly missed'

Tributes were paid to Ms West on Tuesday by her colleagues at St Elizabeth Hospice in Ipswich, where she had worked for nearly a year.

Chief executive Lesley Cockerton said: "We are very shocked and saddened by the news of the death of Nicky West.

"She joined the hospice on 18 April and was a particularly enthusiastic and hard-working individual.

"Nicky achieved a great deal during her time here and made significant improvements to our distribution centre.

"She will be sadly missed and our thoughts are with her family."