A TEENAGER has appeared in court accused of murdering a young woman.

Toni Rudman was beaten to death near a builder’s yard in North Road, off White Hart Road, Plusmtead, at around 8pm on August 7.

Emergency services were called to reports of an assault but could not save the 24-year-old and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post mortem examination gave the cause of death as head injuries.

Police arrested jobless Ryan Backhouse, of Brookhill Close, Woolwich, near to the scene.

The 19-year-old appeared at Woolwich Magistrates’ Court charged with the killing today (August 9).

He was remanded in custody and will appear at the Old Bailey on August 11 for a bail application.