TREVOR Mark Ferguson of Sale, Cheshire, has been remanded in custody by Wrexham Magistrates, charged with the murder of 50-year-old Karen McGraw of Connah's Quay on Thursday, July 23.

He is due to appear at Caernarfon Crown Court on August 7.

The prosectuion alledged in court that he murdered Ms McGraw, mother of four, by stabbing her and severing her aorta.