A man accused of murdering a model who was his former girlfriend is expected to stand trial in January next year.
David Gikawa, 38, is alleged to have stabbed Linah Keza to death in front of her two-year-old daughter in the early hours of July 31.
Ms Keza, 29, who was registered with modelling agency AMC, was found with stab wounds to her chest at her home in King Edward Road, Leyton, east London, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Today Gikawa, also of King Edward Road, appeared at the Old Bailey by video link and spoke only to confirm his name.
He will return to court on October 22 for a plea and case management hearing.
His trial, listed for between and two and three weeks, was provisionally scheduled for January 6 2014.
The victim was born in Uganda before moving to Rwanda as a teenager.
She came to the UK more than 10 years ago and graduated from the University of Wolverhampton.
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