Zara Aleena ‘would not use taxis because she was scared of sharing a car with a stranger and believed it was safer to walk home at night because street lights were on’, a friend has said.
The aspiring lawyer, 35, was just minutes from her home when she was attacked in Cranbrook Road, Ilford, in the early hours of June 26 following a night out with friends.
Louise De’Souza, a neighbour who knew Zara from when she was a child, said she avoided using taxis to get home at night and would instead choose to walk.
The 60-year-old told The Mirror: ‘Unless someone was sharing or she knew the…