Funeral arrangements of murdered Magherafelt woman announced
Sophie Watson, 57, was found unresponsive at the property in Ashgrove Park in Magherafelt on Sunday afternoon. She had suffered a number of stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene
The funeral of murdered Magherafelt woman Sophie Watson will take place on Saturday.
Ms Watson, 57, was found unresponsive at the property in Ashgrove Park in Magherafelt on Sunday afternoon.
She had suffered a number of stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Andrzej Pajaczkowski, 43, also of Ashgrove Park in Magherafelt, appeared before a district judge on Wednesday morning via video-link from the Serious Custody Suite at Musgrave PSNI station in Belfast.
Magherafelt Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Londonderry courthouse, heard that the accused, who was assisted during the hearing by a Polish interpreter, had lived in Northern Ireland for the last 20 years.
A detective constable told district judge Oonagh Mullan that she could connect the accused to the charge.
Pajaczkowski’s defence solicitor Eoghan McKenna noted to the judge that his client had replied “not guilty” after being charged.
Detectives have said they are continuing their inquiries into the murder and have appealed for anyone with information to come forward to them or anonymously to the charity Crimestoppers.
Ms Watson funeral service will take place in W J O’Brien & Son’s Funeral Home, 110 Clooney Road, Eglinton on Saturday at 11.30am. Interment afterwards in St Paul’s churchyard, Articlave.