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Man charged with murdering woman who died in street

Mariam IssimdarNorfolk
News imageFacebook Tania Williams is inside looking to the camera. She has wavy blue hair and make-up on, including bright red lipstick and black mascara. She is wearing a dark blue dress.Facebook
The suspect is due to appear at Norwich Magistrates' Court accused of murdering Tania Williams (pictured)

A man has been charged with murdering a woman who died in a residential street near Norwich.

Officers were called to Catherine Gardens in Thorpe St Andrew at about 23:45 GMT on Saturday, where the woman - named locally as Tania Williams - was pronounced dead.

Armed officers arrested a man on Sunday and Raymond Lee Williams, 61, of Dereham Road, has since been charged with murder.

He is due to appear at Norwich Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

Detectives had been granted an extra 30 hours to question him.

A post-mortem examination concluded Williams, in her 40s, died from blood loss from a wound to the neck.

News imageZoe Applegate/BBC A police car and a police officer by a closed road, with a blue police sign placed on the road. There are red and white traffic cones and tape across the road. Other cars are in the street and a row of houses, to the right. There are also green bushes to the right. Zoe Applegate/BBC
Yarmouth Road, which leads to Catherine Gardens, was cordoned off while police conducted inquiries

Earlier, Norfolk Police asked anyone who may have dashcam footage of Yarmouth Road in Thorpe St Andrew, in the 45-minute period between 23:00 and 23:45 on Saturday, to contact the force.

Det Insp Sam Pontin said: "We would be particularly interested in footage from taxi drivers who may have been in the area at the time."

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