Colleagues pay tribute to murdered Special Nisha
Met Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair and John Barradell, the forces Special Constabulary Chief Officer have paid tribute to off-duty Special Constable Nisha Patel-Nasri who was murdered outside her home last week.
Met Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair and John Barradell, the forces Special Constabulary Chief Officer have paid tribute to off-duty Special Constable Nisha Patel-Nasri who was murdered outside her home last week.
Nisha, 29, was found with stab wounds on the doorstep of her home in Wembley just before midnight on Thursday, May 11, after neighbours reported a disturbance and heard her scream out.
Nisha was alone in the house, and officers believe she may have been investigating a noise outside. She was given first aid by a neighbour, and officers attending the scene performed emergency aid before the arrival of London Ambulance Service who then took her to Northwick Park Hospital where she later died.
Nisha was well known in the local community as a successful hairdresser working from a nearby residential address; her husband, Fadi Nasri, who runs a limousine business from their home, has appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
Obviously, someone has got a guilty conscience; they shall be worrying about what they have done, or be shocked; or maybe it was an accident or mistake, or whatever, said Mr Nasri, who added that Nisha was devoted to her work as a Special Constable.
The Met has launched a murder investigation, and have appealed for any witnesses from the immediate vicinity who may have seen anyone acting suspiciously prior to the event or seen a hooded man running away from the scene.
Detectives are also trying to trace a couple who may have seen the man, as well as a second man spotted walking calmly away from the scene in the opposite direction. Its believed the knife used to stab Nisha may have come from her own kitchen.
Sir Ian said: Our hearts go out to Nishas husband and family and friends. It is a tragedy that a young woman who willingly gave up so much of her valuable free time to work as a police officer in her local community should lose her life in this terrible way.
Nisha was tremendously popular with her colleagues, who regarded her as a real team player, and her death is a huge loss to the Metropolitan Police Service.
Mr Barradell said: This is a shocking and tragic loss of a young and committed volunteer police officer who was highly respected by her colleagues. All of us who serve London as specials send our deepest condolences and thoughts to her family and friends at this time.
A book of condolences is being put together for Nishas family. If you would like to submit your own tribute to Nisha, you can do so by emailing