Man charged over M-way murder
A 51-year-old man has been charged with murder after a burning body was found by the side of a motorway, police said.
Irshad Wali, of Crofton Road, Plaistow, east London, was due to appear at Stratford Magistrates' Court.
The Metropolitan Police took over the investigation from Warwickshire Police following the grisly discovery of the corpse on an embankment beside the M45 near Dunchurch, Rugby, Warwickshire, on December 30.
The victim's identity will not be released until all next of kin have been informed, police said.
Warwickshire Police launched an inquiry after the body was found at 1.30pm on December 30.
The investigation transferred to the Met Police on Thursday and an incident room has opened under DCI Simon Moring.
Detectives believe the victim was from east London and he was murdered there, before his body was taken to Warwickshire by car.
The body was then dumped on the eastbound embankment of the M45 and set on fire, the Met said. A post-mortem examination found he died of head and neck injuries.
Five other men were arrested in connection with the murder at a number of addresses in east London on Thursday.
Police said a 46-year-old man has been bailed to return to an east London police station on Tuesday. The remaining four were released without charge.
