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Stockport woman accused of murder after garden body find Stockport woman accused of murder after garden body find
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A woman has been charged with murder after police found a body buried in a garden in Greater Manchester. A woman has appeared in court accused of murder after police found a body buried in a garden in Greater Manchester.
Barbara Coombes, 63, is also charged with preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body and fraud.Barbara Coombes, 63, is also charged with preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body and fraud.
Human remains, believed to be those of her father Kenneth Coombes, were found in a garden in Reddish, Stockport on Tuesday. Remains, believed to be those of her father Kenneth Coombes, were found in Reddish, Stockport on Tuesday.
Ms Coombes, of Matlock Road, Reddish, is due to appear before Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court later. Ms Coombes, of Reddish, was remanded in custody by magistrates and is due at Manchester Crown Court on Friday.
A woman walked into Cheadle Heath police station on Sunday to tell officers she had killed a man a number of years ago, prompting Greater Manchester Police to begin an investigation. Ms Coombes, Matlock Road, spoke only to confirm her name at Manchester Magistrates' Court and did not enter a plea.
The force confirmed Mr Coombes had been missing for between 10 and 15 years and his disappearance is part of its investigation. She is accused of killing Mr Coombes in 2006 and then pretending to be a carer for him in order to claim money on his behalf.
Excavations being carried out in the garden have concluded but officers were still working at the crime scene, it said. Police said that on Sunday a woman walked into a police station in South Manchester and said she killed a man several years ago and had buried him in the garden.
After a forensic search at the property, police handed questionnaires to neighbours to ask them if they remember Mr Coombes, who they say would have been aged in his late 80s in 2005.