Great Saling: Man charged with woman's village murder

Police were called to the house in Great Saling

A man has been charged with murdering a 41-year-old woman who was stabbed to death at a house.

Linda Vilika, who lived in Great Saling, was discovered at a property on The Street in the Essex village shortly before 14:25 BST on Monday.

Wilfred Jacob, 42, of The Street, has been charged with her murder and will appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court on Saturday.

A post-mortem found her provisional cause of death was stab wounds.