A 31-year-old Liverpool man will appear in court today charged with the murder of former Farnworth divorcee Kathryn Sharples.

Billy Tolcher, of no fixed address, will go before magistrates in Newquay. He was arrested on Saturday by murder squad detectives following investigations in the North-west.

Kathryn, aged 43, who had been married five times, was found bludgeoned to death in the bedroom of her bedsit in Newquay, last Monday.

She had moved to Cornwall from Farnworth about two years ago. A 31-year-old Liverpool man will appear in court today charged with the murder of former Farnworth divorcee Kathryn Sharples.

Billy Tolcher, of no fixed address, will go before magistrates in Newquay. He was arrested on Saturday by murder squad detectives following investigations in the North-west.

Kathryn, aged 43, who had been married five times, was found bludgeoned to death in the bedroom of her bedsit in Newquay, last Monday.

She had moved to Cornwall from Farnworth about two years ago.

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