A 42-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with murder after a woman was allegedly strangled at a social club.

Police were called to Beckenham Liberal Club, Fairfield Road, at 3pm last Thursday.

Delivery manager Raymond Bennett, of Clock House Road, Beckenham, was arrested at the scene and later charged with murder. He appeared at Greenwich Magistrates' Court on Saturday.

As News Shopper went to press, the victim had been named as 43-year-old Christina Murray from Bromley. A post mortem examination revealed she had been strangled.

An inquest will be opened and adjourned at Croydon Coroner's Court tomorrow.