77-year-old man denies killing woman

A pensioner has denied killing an elderly woman.

Charles Graham, 77, is accused of murdering Davinia Graham, 67, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on August 30 this year.

The defendant, of Fairfield Road, Cheltenham, spoke only to confirm his date of birth and plead not guilty during the brief hearing at Bristol Crown Court.

The trial is expected to start on March 3 next year and last for about a week.

Bristol County Magistrate Judge Peter Blair KC set a new hearing for February 4 and remanded Graham in custody.

Gloucestershire Police previously said emergency services were called to reports of a seriously injured woman at a property on Fairfield Road at around 3.30am on August 31.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.