Woman charged with stabbing fiance to death

A woman has been accused of fatally stabbing her fiancé.

Blaze Wallace, a 27-year-old law graduate, was charged with the murder of Samuel Mayo, 34, at a property in Richmond upon Thames, London.

Mr Mayo was found with a fatal stab wound after police were called to a property on Lower Richmond Road on July 18.

Yesterday, Ms Wallace appeared at the Old Bailey for a preliminary hearing. Judge Alexia Durran set a plea hearing for October 11 and a provisional trial from June 11 2023. The defendant was remanded into custody.