Man charged with murder due in court

A woman who was found dead on Wast Hills Lane in Hopwood, Worcestershire on Friday has been named as 35-year-old Kerry Owen.

Alan Edney, aged 30, of Kenilworth Road, Birmingham has been charged with her murder and remanded to appear at Kidderminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 31 May.

A 51-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender has been released under investigation.

Wast Hills Lane has now re-opened.

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