Man to appear in court charged with woman’s murder

Alyson Nelson was found stabbed at a property in the Victoria Avenue area of Whitehead on Saturday.

Alyson Nelson was found stabbed at a property in the Victoria Avenue area of Whitehead on Saturday (Niall Carson/PA) (PA Archive)

A man will appear in court on Wednesday charged with the murder of a woman in Co Antrim.

Alyson Nelson, 64, was found stabbed at a property in the Victoria Avenue area of Whitehead on Saturday.

On Monday, detectives from the major investigation team were granted a court extension for an additional 36 hours to question a man on suspicion of murder.

The man, 66, will appear before Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.