A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his 80-year-old partner.

Steven Clark, 50, of Bravington Road, Kilburn, west London, is alleged to have killed Ursula Uhlemann.

Police were called at around 4.15am to a property in Fourth Avenue, Queens Park, west London, on 20 March.

Paramedics were already at the scene where Ms Uhlemann was pronounced dead.

A post-mortem examination gave provisional cause of death as compression to the neck, the Metropolitan Police said.

Clark appeared at the Old Bailey in central London on Tuesday.

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Judge Richard Marks KC said: “It is an alleged domestic killing by the defendant of his partner”.

Clark was remanded in custody and the judge adjourned the case until a plea hearing on 5 June.

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