Girl, 16, found dead in yard 'probably strangled'

A 16-year-old girl whose body was found in a derelict yard in north London was probably strangled, according to the results of a post-mortem released today.

Jessie Wright’s body was discovered in King’s Cross on Thursday afternoon.

The post-mortem, held yesterday at St Pancras Mortuary, gave the cause of death as compression of the neck.

Murder squad detectives are questioning a 19-year-old man at a north London police station.

Several people at the scene said he was the teenager’s boyfriend but this has not been confirmed by officers.

A Met Police spokesman said Jessie was last seen alive on Wednesday before her body was found by council workmen in a rarely-used alleyway off Outram Place.

It was lying beside a block of flats and scaffolding.

Tearful groups of friends, some dressed in school uniform, laid bouquets inside a police cordon yesterday.