Man denies rape and murder of woman

Police tape on a residential road, with trees and houses either side of the street. The tape is tied around a lamp post and stretches across the road which has double yellow lines on it. Behind it, trees line the road with red-brick houses at the side.

A police cordon was set up around the scene in Kingsland Road

Richard Price
BBC News, West Midlands

A man has pleaded not guilty to the murder and rape of a woman who was found fatally injured on a street in Wolverhampton.

Helen Kempster was discovered in Kingsland Road at about 04:00 BST on 16 June 2022 and died shortly after being taken to hospital, police said.

Rahul Sharma, 32, from Hordern Road, Wolverhampton, appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday where he pleaded not guilty to both charges.

He is due to stand trial on 6 January.

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