By Tara Rippin • Published: 05 Jan 2021 • 16:32
Met Police have charged a man with murder after a woman in her 90s died following assault at a care home in Catford.
POLICE were called at around 12.40am on Monday, January 4, to a report of an assault at a care home in Canadian Avenue, Catford.
Officers attended along with London Ambulance Service, and the elderly woman was taken to hospital where she later died.
A post-mortem examination will take place in due course, and her next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.
The same day, Alexander Rawson, 62, of Canadian Avenue, Catford, was arrested on suspicion of murder and taken to a south London police station.
Today, Tuesday, January 5, he was charged with murder and was due to appear in custody at Bexleyheath Magistrates’ Court this afternoon.
Both the man and the victim were residents of the care home.
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Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region. She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990. Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.
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