Murder charge after seriously injured woman dies

Police were called to reports of a disturbance in Melville Gardens on Thursday evening

A man has been charged with murder after a woman died following a disturbance at a property in Leeds.

Police were called to a home in Melville Gardens, in the Woodhouse area, at about 21:00 GMT on Thursday.

Colleen Westerman, 62, was found with serious injuries and given urgent medical treatment at the scene but was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.

John Bootland, 56, of Melville Gardens, has now been charged with her murder and appeared at Leeds Magistrates' Court on Saturday.

They added: "This is being treated as an isolated incident and police are currently not looking for anyone else in connection with the death."

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