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Man charged with murder after woman dies following street altercation

Nicholas BourneBBC Wales
BBC A police cordon can be seen in the forefront. Behind it is a police car parked on a stretch of road, with yellow evidence cones on the ground. A forensic officer wearing a white overall can be seen walking away from the camera. BBC
A 66-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder

A Newport man has been charged with murder after the death of a woman in Newport following an altercation.

Specially-trained firearms officers were sent to a property at St Vincent Road, Newport, in the early hours of Saturday.

The woman, who has not yet been formally identified, was pronounced dead by paramedics a short distance away, on the city's Chepstow Road.

Albert Williams, 66, has been remanded into custody and is due to appear before Newport Magistrates' Court on Monday.

A police cordon can be seen in the forefront. Behind it is a residential road with two police vans parked up.
The incident took place in the early hours of Saturday

Det Supt Matt Sedgebeer said: "Our enquiries are ongoing, we continue to have a significant police presence in the area, and I ask anyone with any information that can help the investigation to contact us.

"One man has now been charged with murder and with this in mind I'd ask people not to speculate about this case online while the legal process takes its course. Such comments can have an impact on our ability to bring anyone, found to have committed a criminal offence, to justice."

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