A 26-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with murder after a woman, 96, was found dead by firefighters responding to a horror blaze.
Cops revealed Joshua Powell, 26, was charged with murdering Emma Finch after her body was found in the house fire last week.
Emergency services were called at 4.29am on Friday May 17 to a report of a fire at a property in Mill Road in Liss, Hampshire.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service rushed to the scene on the quiet lane but sadly discovered Ms Finch’s body.
Powell, from nearby Lindford, remains in police custody.
He will appear at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court, Hants, today.
