Margaret Maude Hanson, 84, was pronounced dead after being found by police at a property on Wood Street, Galashiels.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a grandmother in the Scottish Borders. Police Scotland said officers were alerted to a woman's death at a property in Galashiels' Wood Street at around 3.05am on Monday. Margaret Maude Hanson, 84, was pronounced dead at the scene.

AN 84-year-old man has appeared in court in the Borders charged with the murder of his wife. It follows the death of Margaret Hanson, also aged 84, at their homein Wood Street, Galashiels,

An 84-year-old man has appeared in court accused of murdering a woman in the Borders. Police said Margaret Maude Hanson, 84, was pronounced dead at a property in Wood Street, Galashiels, on Monday December 9. Officers were called to a report of the death of a woman at the address at around 3.05am that day.

Mompati Dodo Isaacs allegedly stabbed Keotshepile Naso Isaacs to death at a home in North Berwick on New Year's Day.

Emil "Bill" Petrov was taken to prison after a Supreme Court jury found him guilty of the murder of his wife Cindy Crossthwaite in 2007.