Woman believed to have been stabbed to death is named by police

Christine Emmerson, 71, died in a house in Lincolnshire on Thursday.
Christine Emmerson is believed to have been stabbed to death (Lincolnshire Police/PA)
Callum Parke7 August 2023

A 71-year-old woman who is believed to have been stabbed to death has been named by police.

Christine Emmerson died at a property in Kirk Close, West Ashby, Lincolnshire, on Thursday, Lincolnshire Police said.

The force said on Monday that formal identification had not yet taken place, but that it “believes” the victim to be Ms Emmerson, whose family are being supported by specialist officers.

Shaun Emmerson appeared at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with Ms Emmerson’s murder and was remanded in custody.

Our thoughts remain with Christine’s family and friends and we’re doing all we can to support them at this difficult time

Detective Inspector Adrian Czajkowski

The 50-year-old, also of Kirk Close, will appear at Lincoln Crown Court on Tuesday.

Detective Inspector Adrian Czajkowski, the senior investigating officer from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU) said: “Our thoughts remain with Christine’s family and friends and we’re doing all we can to support them at this difficult time.”

Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident, but Mr Czajkowski urged anyone with information that may help officers with their enquiries to contact police quoting incident 175 of August 3.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy notice .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in