A man has appeared at court for the first time accused with the murder of his 59-year-old mother at a house in Barnstaple last month.
Charles Davison, aged 38, appeared before Exeter Magistrates charged with murdering Valerie Jane Davison, who was found dead on the afternoon of Monday November 17 at Sunflower Road.
Davison, of the same address, was sent for trial at Exeter Crown Court. He is charged with murdering Mrs Davison between November 3 and 17, 2014.
A preliminary hearing took place in his absence before the Recorder of the City of Exeter Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, at Exeter Crown Court on Tuesday.
He was remanded in custody but Mr Martin Meeke, QC, defending, said it is hoped he will be transferred from Exeter Prison to Langdon Hospital in Dawlish for psychiatric treatment and assessment.
The judge adjourned the case until January 23 next year.
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