In a recent investigation conducted by the Metropolitan Police (Met), Nicolae Virtosu, a 49-year-old resident of Princes Road, Ilford, has been sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in prison for the murder of his sister-in-law, Svetlana Mihalachi. The sentencing took place at the Old Bailey on Monday, 9 October.
Virtosu had previously been convicted of murder and making a threat to kill during a court hearing on 21 July. The court proceedings revealed that Virtosu and Svetlana were brother-in-law and lived together with Svetlana’s husband and their 12-year-old son in their Ilford home.