plea listening to will happen subsequent month for a 36-year-old man charged with murdering a church warden at her house.
David Parish, of Halyard Drive, Bridgwater, is accused of murdering Beryl Purdy, 86, in Broomfield, close to Bridgwater, Somerset, on March 27.
Police have been known as to stories of a housebreaking in progress at Mrs Purdy’s house at about 5.45pm. She was discovered critically injured and died on the property.
Parish was arrested and initially sectioned below the Psychological Well being Act.
He was charged with homicide after being launched from a psychological well being unit on Tuesday.
Bez was a caring one that would assist anybody in want and was very a lot a part of the village, being a church warden for 20 years
He appeared earlier than Taunton Magistrates’ Courtroom on Wednesday and his case was heard at Bristol Crown Courtroom on Friday.
Decide Peter Blair KC, the Recorder of Bristol, stated: “I direct that he be remanded in custody.
“There shall be a plea and trial preparation listening to on October 20.”
Parish, who’s presently in Exeter Jail, didn’t attend the quick listening to.
In a press release issued after her dying, Mrs Purdy’s household stated they have been “devastated to have misplaced a dearly liked spouse, mom and granny”.
They stated: “Bez was a caring one that would assist anybody in want and was very a lot a part of the village, being a church warden for 20 years.
“We’ll miss her very a lot and we’re all struggling to know why this occurred to such a stunning individual.”