In the early hours of 4 March, Geetika Goyal, 29, was found dead in the street with stab wounds to her neck, chest and arm. Leicestershire Police arrested Kashish Aggarwal shortly after Ms Goyal's body was found in Uppingham Close, off the A47 in Rowlatts Hill, Leicester.
A court hearing was held on 8 October at Leicester Crown Court and Aggarwal changed his plea to guilty and very little information about the attack emerged during the short appearance.
As per the latest reports by Leicestershire Police, it was revealed that both were married and that Ms Goyal was stabbed several times. It was an arranged marriage, and Kashish belonged to India and Goyal’s parents who are affluent and owners of a factory, gave him a BMW. They also bought them a house.
It also appeared that Ms Goyal had been reported missing by her brother less than six hours before a member of the public spotted her lying dead on the pavement.
According to the statement, Ms Geetika Goyal had been reported missing by her brother at 9 PM on March 3. Police reached her home and enquiries were carried out.
On the following day, police received a phone call at 2.25 am in the morning from a pedestrian reporting that a female was lying on the pavement in Uppingham Close. East Midlands Ambulance Service and the police immediately reached there and Ms Goyal was found with multiple stab wounds to her neck, shoulder, chest and arm. Sadly, Ms Goyal was pronounced dead at the scene."
Detective Inspector Jenni Heggs, from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit, is the Senior Investigating Officer in the case.
She said: “My thoughts are with Geetika Goyal and her family. Sadly, the plea will not bring Ms Goyal back but we hope Geetika’s family will see that justice is being done. We now continue to support the family as we prepare for the sentence hearing.”
On 11 October, when he appeared at the city's Crown Court for a pre-trial review hearing, he changed his plea. His barrister asked for the charge to be put to him again and Aggarwal pleaded guilty to murdering Ms Goyal on March 3.
He told Aggarwal: "You've pleaded guilty to one of the most serious criminal offences known to our law. It will be a sentence of life imprisonment.”
Aggarwal is remanded back into custody to await the next hearing.
