Murder charge after woman found dead in flat

Dan Martin
BBC News, East Midlands
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The 47-year-old woman's body was found at a flat in Normanton on Thursday

A man has been charged with murder after a 47-year-old woman was found dead in a flat.

Police were called to the property on Ashe Place, in Normanton, Derby, at about 11:30 BST on Thursday and arrested a man.

On Sunday, Derbyshire Police said Thomas Turner, 63, had been charged with murder.

Mr Turner, of no fixed address, was to appear at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on Monday, the force said.

Officers have yet to name the woman who died.

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