A man accused of murdering a woman in Shaw earlier this week has made a second appearance in court.

Stephen Booth is accused of murdering Susan Booth on Tuesday.

Emergency services were called to Hillside Avenue in Shaw at around 9pm after reports of a disturbance.

The woman was transported to hospital but died as a result of her injuries later that day.

Following this Booth, aged 63, was charged with murder and appeared in Manchester Crown Court Crown Square yesterday.

He did not enter a plea to the allegation at this stage.

Judge Suzanne Goddard arranged a date for a plea hearing and for further case management.

Booth, whose address was given as Churchfields in Audenshaw, will return to court in July.

One woman who lived nearby described her shock at what happened.

The 58-year-old said: : “We saw on our CCTV when she pulled up, she must have come home from work.

“It was within nine minutes of that the police arrived.

“I knew her, she had some grandchildren and worked at the Royal Oldham Hospital, she had not been here very long, just over a year.

“I have been here since 2006, we call it sleepy hollow, this and High Crompton are the two nicest areas of Shaw so it is a big shock.

“There were two women murdered on Beal Lane in the 1980s but since then there has been nothing like this.”

Following the death Detective Chief Inspector Stuart Wilkinson, of GMP's Major Investigation Team, urged anyone with information to come forward.

He said: "A woman has sadly lost her life tonight and our thoughts remains with her family at this incredibly difficult time.

"This is understandably a distressing incident for local residents, and I would like to reassure the community that although we currently have a man in custody, our investigation is very much still on going and officers at the scene are following all available lines of enquiry to establish the full circumstances surrounding this woman's tragic death.

"If anyone has any information at all that can help us with our investigation, please get in touch as soon as possible. Even the smallest piece of information could be vital in helping us to complete our enquiries."