Pensioner charged with murder after woman's death

A man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman in her 70s.

Emergency services were called to an address in Sherbourne Avenue in Bradley Stoke, Bristol, at about 14:00 BST on Friday after a 71-year-old woman was found with serious injuries and pronounced dead at the scene.

Gerald Bishop, of Sherbourne Avenue, was arrested and later charged with murder, Avon and Somerset Police said.

The 73-year-old was remanded in custody ahead of an appearance at Bristol Magistrates' Court on Monday.

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