“These defendants hatched a plan to kill Louise and profit from her death. Al-Jundi sent false text messages purporting to be from Louise to her family and friends claiming that she had left the country and even had the audacity to claim that she had defrauded him at a time when he knew full well that she had been killed.

“El-Abboud confessed to a friend that he had killed Louise but denied this at trial. We are grateful that the jury saw through his lies. The police worked quickly to establish that Louise had come to harm and to secure the evidence to present a strong and compelling case to put before the jury. Our thoughts remain with Louise’s family and friends and we sincerely hope that these guilty verdicts will bring them some comfort.”

Louise, from Potters Bar, was last seen by a family member near the Spires Shopping Centre in Barnet on July 26, 2021. Louise was reported missing to the Met Police the next day and an investigation was launched to locate her.

Louise’s black BMW was found by police on July 28 in Edgware, London, and her body was discovered on August 1, 2021 in a wheelie bin in Wood End Road, Harrow. Mohammed El-Abboud, a delivery driver, had been arrested on July 28 with Kusai Al-Jundi, a chef at a kebab restaurant, arrested the next day.

The Met Police officers confirmed that Kusai Al-Jundi planned to con his victim Louise into signing over two properties that she owned, one in Gallant’s Farm Road, Barnet, and the other in High Road, Willesden, convincing her he was wealthy and had financial support.

Louise saw this as an opportunity to sell the properties and as a new start for her and her family. They met her at the Gallant’s Farm Road address to finalise arrangements on July 26 and she was killed there that day.

The next day, Al-Jundi used Louise’s mobile phone to send messages to her friends and family to make it seem as if she was still alive, and that she had gone on holiday. However, those who knew her well saw through this lie and realised the sent messages could not have been written by her.

Later that day, El-Abboud sold Ms Kam’s BMW to an unsuspecting buyer. He purchased new clothes with the funds and posted a TikTok video of him dancing to music in the driveway of the Barnet home. Ms Kam’s body was placed in a bin and, on July 28, she was moved to Wood End Road in Harrow.

The Met Police's investigation linked the two men to the killing, after they discovered that the mobile phone messages had been sent using the wi-fi at Al-Jundi’s restaurant in Willesden and they found traces of both men’s DNA on a pair of gloves wrapped up with Louise’s body.

The Met Police watched thousands of hours of CCTV to track the defendants’ movements and link them to Louise, and interviewed dozens of potential witnesses. El-Abboud’s DNA was found on a hair dryer - as the electrical flex had been removed and used to strangle Louise, and her blood and fibres from her clothes were found on a jumper he was wearing.