A man has been charged with murder by police (Image: Police)
Police have charged a 26-year-old man with murder following the death of a 96-year-old woman in a Hampshire village.
On Friday, May 17 at 4.29am, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service attended a fire at an address in Mill Road, Liss.
Police were called as firefighters found the body of 96-year-old Emma Finch.
Joshua Powell, 26, of Elmfield Court, Lindford, near Bordon in East Hampshire, has now been charged with her murder. He has been remanded in custody.
He is due to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court on Thursday, May 23.
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