01/06/2007

Mother arrested over son's murder

Police have charged a 48-year-old woman with the fatal stabbing of her 19-year-old son in Lancashire.

The body of Andrew Cole was found in the home he shared with his mother Helen Cole in Belvedere Road in Thornton, near Fleetwood, around 2am on Tuesday.

A post-mortem revealed that he died of a stab wound.

Ms Cole appeared before Wyre Magistrates court on Friday, charged with murder. She was remanded in custody and a preliminary hearing is due to take place at Preston Crown Court on June 14.

(KMcA/JM)


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