A HUSBAND has been charged with the murder of his wife in South London.
Naseer Khan, 66, is in jail after 62-year-old Tanseen Sheikh was found dead at home in Balham last night.
He has been remanded in custody and will appear at Wimbledon Magistrates Court today.
A post-mortem gave the cause of death as multiple injuries.
Officers were called just before midnight on Monday to reports of an incident on Balham Park Road.
Khan was arrested on suspicion of murder at the scene.
According to Zoopla the property is worth around £750,000 but it appears to be split into two flats that are owned by a housing association.
Her next door neighbour said: “It’s a shock, the first I heard of it was in the press this morning.
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“She was a very kind woman. She brought food round when my wife died.
“We have helped her out with her garden before, clearing it out, trimming the hedges and so forth.”
Labour MP Rosena Allin-Khan visited the murder scene in here constituency this afternoon.