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.
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