Murder victim identified as partner charged with murder
The 47-year-old was tragically found dead at her home in Field End about 7.30am on Thursday (5 July), and police subsequently launched a murder investigation.
Flowers were left outside the property as the community reacted to the incident.
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Hide AdAccording to Sussex Police, Ralph Fairman, 50, a labourer, of no fixed address, was arrested on the A22 at Ashurst Wood, near East Grinstead, shortly afterwards and was remanded in custody.
The Crown Prosecution has since authorised a charge of murder against Fairman, who is due to appear before Brighton Magistrates’ Court today.
The defendant and the suspect had been in a relationship together, and no one else is being sought in connection with the incident, police said.