His 73-year-old wife died after she was found unconscious inside their bungalow (Picture: South Bedfordshire News Agency/Loughton and Great Holm Parish Council)
A parish councillor has appeared in court accused of killing his wife at the home they shared together.
Michael Sargent, 77, was arrested after police were called to their bungalow in Milton Keynes on Saturday morning and found Christine Sargent unconscious inside the property.
The 73-year-old was given emergency first aid at the scene before being rushed to hospital shortly after 8am.
She died later that day.
Her husband, Mr Sargent, of Bradwell Road, Loughton, Milton Keynes, was charged with one count of murder.
He appeared at Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court today.
A Home Office post-mortem was carried out yesterday and provisional results found that Mrs Sargent died as a result of neck compression.
Police taped off the entrance to the bungalow Mr and Mrs Sargent shared together (Picture: South Bedfordshire News Agency)
Thames Valley Police officers taped off the entrance to the bungalow following the incident.
Senior investigating officer detective chief inspector Dejan Avramovic, of the major crime unit, said: ‘Christine’s family are being supported by specially trained family liaison officers and our thoughts are with them.
‘On their behalf, we would ask that their privacy is respected at this extremely distressing time for them.’
Mr Sargent was also well-known by his middle name ‘Andy’ and had been serving as chair of the planning committee on Loughton and Great Holm Parish Council since 2011.
Parish councillor Michael Sargent was better known by his middle name ‘Andy’ (Picture: Loughton and Great Holm Parish Council)
He’d taken up the role after working as a technical manager at Volkswagen Group UK for almost 25 years.
The pensioner was also a member of the All Saints Church Loughton Jubilee graveyard committee.
Elsewhere, a woman in Australia faces life in prison after she killed her abusive husband by lacing biscuits with drugs before putting him in a freezer.
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Police taped off the bungalow.
