Overview

• The alleged killing occurred on May 29 inside a Gray’s Inn Road office when 51-year-old Juan Francisco Toledo attacked his former partner during their cleaning shift
• Prosecutors say Toledo loaded Yajaira Castro Mendez’s body into a wheelie bin, transported it by car to the Bolderwood area and dumped it there, where it was found on June 7
• Toledo was arrested on June 4 and formally charged with Mendez’s murder on June 6 before being remanded into custody after appearing at the Old Bailey on June 10
• A plea hearing is set for September 1, 2025, and a provisional trial date has been scheduled to begin on April 20, 2026
• The Metropolitan Police’s Specialist Crime Command is leading the investigation alongside Hampshire officers as they continue to examine multiple crime scenes