Man charged in dog walker murder case

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A man has been charged on suspicion of murder after the death of a woman who was walking her dog.

Anita Rose, 57, was found seriously injured by a member of the public in Brantham, Suffolk on 24 July and died four days later in hospital.

Police said Roy Barclay, 55, of no fixed abode, had been charged with murder and was due to appear before Ipswich Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

Ms Rose left her home with her dog at about 05:00 BST on 24 July and was discovered unconscious by a cyclist at 06:25 near the Anglian Water sewage works and railway line off Rectory Lane.

She was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge with serious head injuries and died four days later.

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