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Murder charge over fatal house fire

Victoria ScheerYorkshire
News imageBBC/Malik Walton A police investigation scene in a residential neighbourhood. In the foreground on the left side of the image, a white police van is parked facing away from the camera. The side of the vehicle displays the words "POLICING Yorkshire & The Humber" along with a blue-and-white checkerboard logo. Additional text on the van reads "Crime Scene Investigation" and "Non Emergency 101". Across the middle of the image, red-and-white police tape has been stretched across the road, creating a cordon that restricts access to the area beyond. In the background, a row of terraced houses stands behind the police cordon. Near the centre of the image, one property shows visible signs of damage, with a large blackened hole in the roof and surrounding scorch marks. A blue-and-white forensic tent has been erected near the damaged property. BBC/Malik Walton
Police were called to Yew Tree Walk in Knottingley on Sunday

A man has been charged with murder after the death of a woman in a house fire in Knottingley.

West Yorkshire Police said Shirley Hodlin, 75, was killed in the blaze in Yew Tree Walk on Sunday evening.

Joshua Hodlin, 23, has been charged with her murder, a police spokesperson said.

Hodlin, of Harewood Avenue, Pontefract, appeared at Leeds Magistrates' Court earlier, where he was remanded in custody ahead of a hearing at Leeds Crown Court on Monday. No pleas were entered.

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