A MAN has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a woman who was found dead in her Dudley home.

Peter Norgrove, aged 43, of Brownswall Road, Sedgley, appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday (November 10).

He denied murdering Sharon Gordon at her home on Bromford Road in the Holly Hall area - and will face trial on January 22 next year.

The 58-year-old was found dead by concerned friends at her home on Bromford Road in the Holly Hall area of Dudley on July 20 after she failed to turn up for work.

She had suffered head injuries.

Norgrove was remanded in custody.