Overview

• Patricia Hewitt, 41, was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
• A 56-year-old woman was found fatally stabbed inside a Bakewell Place bungalow on August 13 and pronounced dead at the scene.
• Durham Constabulary secured a linked cordon at the property for forensic teams and has treated the incident as an isolated homicide.
• Crime Scene Investigation officers returned this week to collect evidence while a second cordon at Fenhall Green has been lifted.
• Local residents, shocked by the crime, have left floral tributes as police continue to appeal for information from witnesses.