A man has been charged with the murder of his wife in Enfield on Friday.

Neil Ellerbeck, 45, of Canford Close, Enfield, will appear in custody at Enfield Magistrates Court today charged with the murder of Katherine Ellerbeck, who had been strangled.

Mrs Ellerbeck was found in her home at 12.10pm. Mr Wllerbeck was arrested at the scene and taken to an East Lodnon police station for questioning.

Police were called by the ambulance service who pronounced the woman dead at the scene.

A post mortem at Hornsey Mortuary on Saturday gave the cause of death as asphyxiation and manual compression of the neck.

Officers from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command are investigating