Son, 45, is charged with murdering his 84-year-old mother after she died of head injuries in quiet Cotswolds market town
- Matthew Corry, 45, has been remanded in custody accused of murdering mother
- Beatrice Corry, who was 84, was murdered in a quiet Cotswolds town yesterday
- Police were called to High Street, Chipping Campden, at 12.30am this morning
A man has been charged in connection with the murder of his elderly mother who died of head injuries in a quiet Cotswolds market town.
Matthew Corry, 45, has been remanded in custody accused of murdering Beatrice Corry, who was 84.
Gloucestershire Police, who had been granted a 12-hour custody extension to interview Corry after his arrest, confirmed he had been charged this afternoon.
He will now appear at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
Matthew Corry, 45, has been remanded in custody accused of murdering Beatrice Corry, who was 84. Gloucestershire Police, who had been granted a 12-hour custody extension to interview Corry after his arrest, confirmed he had been charged this afternoon
Police were called to High Street in Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds at around 12.30am on Friday, January 6, after an elderly woman was found with head injuries
Police were called to High Street in Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds at around 12.30am on Friday, January 6, after an elderly woman was found with head injuries.
She later died from her wounds.
Police said a man who was known to her was arrested on suspicion of murder and taken in for questioning.
Gloucestershire Police said in a statement today: ‘A man has been charged in connection with the death of an elderly woman in Chipping Campden yesterday.
‘Matthew Corry, aged 45 and of High Street in Chipping Campden, has today been charged with the murder of his mother Beatrice Corry.
‘Police had been called to their home in Chipping Campden at 12.10am yesterday where Beatrice, who was 84, was found with head injuries, which she subsequently died from.
Corry has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court on Monday, January 9.
Posts on the village’s local Facebook group ‘Chipping Campden Notice Board’ paid tribute to the Ms Corry, who was apparently well known in the village.
Local residents in the picturesque village have said they are ‘shocked’ by the murder as police spoke to them yeserday to reassure them following the incident.
Two police cars were present in the street yesterday while plainclothes detectives and uniformed officers spoke to local businesses to alert them to the incident.
Corry has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court on Monday, January 9
One elderly local business owner described the victim as an ‘absolutely lovely lady well known by residents here in the village’ and said that it was ‘shocking and extremely sad that she was killed’.
Other residents have expressed their shock that the incident took place in such an unlikely location.
Another local resident said: ‘I didn’t even know about the killing until this morning when my sister texted me about it after seeing it on the news.
‘I’ve seen people posting on social media about the victim but nobody is saying anything about who she was or what happened.’
Another local business owner said: ‘Some people seem to know who she was, and have been posting tributes saying that she was ‘such a nice lady’ etc, but apart from that we’ve only spoken to the police.
‘It’s such a shock to Campden, it’s just a terrible shame that it was somebody that she knew. I just feel for the family – we’re quite a close community.
‘My children went to school here and so you just worry you might have known the family or even them.’
Another local resident added: ‘I’ve only heard gossip. It’s just really weird – I expect we’ll find out more in a few days.’
Police said that members of the public can provide information online by completing the form on their website and quoting incident 8 of 6 January.
They added that people with information can also call the police on 101.
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