The man accused of murdering a high-class prostitute at an Aberdeen flat earlier this year will make his first public court appearance this month.
Jessica McGraa’s body was discovered at a serviced apartment in the city’s Union Terrace on Friday, February 12.
Following a major police investigation, 25-year-old Bala Chinda was arrested and charged with the murder. He also faced a charge of theft.
During his first private court appearance at Aberdeen Sheriff Court he made no plea and was remanded in custody.
Last night it emerged Chinda’s preliminary hearing has been set for June 13 at the High Court in Glasgow.
During this diet Chinda will need to tell the court how he pleads, and if he denies the allegations a trial date will be set.
Mrs McGraa’s death certificate revealed the 37-year-old had suffocated.
Mrs McGraa was found two days after she last logged into a website profile which she used to generate business for herself.
The document stated that Mrs McGraa was found in on Union Terrace, but when she wasn’t working in Aberdeen, she lived in a flat on Chaplin Road, London.
It is understood Mrs McGraa married her husband Gareth, an oil worker, after they met while he was working in Nigeria.
The pair then moved over to the UK to start their married lives together. The couple also spent some time living and working in Aberdeen before they split up.
Following her death, Mr McGraa said he had no idea that his estranged wife was a sex worker.
It is understood she often used the name Bianca and advertised herself as the “ultimate girlfriend experience” on her online profile.
Mrs McGraa’s social media sites showed the lavish lifestyle she lived, jetting off around the world on holiday on a regular basis.
Following her death, friends of Mrs McGraa said they had no idea she was a prostitute, but admitted they believed she had been working in lap dancing clubs in the city.
Neighbours of the property where she wound said Mrs McGraa had only moved in just three days before her death.
