Man Charged With Leeds Murder

*Monday, 1 September 2025 *

Detectives investigating the death of a man in Leeds have charged a man with murder.  

Eljon Markaj, aged 31, of no fixed address, has been remanded in custody to appear before Leeds Magistrates’ Court today (Monday).

Markaj, whose ethnicity is defined as White – North European, has also been charged with possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.  

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