Neighbour heard 'loud argument' at Harshita Brella's home before tragic discovery

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A neighbour says she heard a heated argument between a man and a woman in Harshita Brella's house on the same day concerns were raised for her welfare.

Kelly Philp, who lives next door to 24-year-old Harshita, told the Mirror a female voice sounded frightened during the row. The single mum, 41, added her bedroom shares a wall with a room in Harshita's house. “I heard a commotion between a man and a woman and I heard banging around,” she said.

They were arguing in a different language so I couldn’t understand what was being said. READ MORE: Murder investigation launched as two people killed in Manchester and police arrest man in his 20s “But it sounded angry and there were raised voices and the woman sounded scared.

I had a funeral to attend the day after and had my own daughter to look after so I didn’t call police - I just thought it was a relationship argument.” She said in the early hours of Saturday morning she heard a back gate slam loudly and two men arguing, again in a foreign language. “My initial feeling when I saw police was that someone must have been hurt as I already had my suspicions," Ms Philp said. “I feel really on edge now and vulnerable.