Police identify Southport woman

A woman from Southport has appeared before magistrates charged with killing her mother.

Clancy Durkin was discovered at a house on Guildford Road.

A post mortem found she had suffocated.

19 year-old Rebecca Durkin has been charged with murder and will appear at Liverpool Crown Court later this month.

A teenager is due in court charged with murdering her mother.

The body of 55 year old Clancy Durkin was found at an address in Southport.

A post-mortem found she died as a result of asphyxiation.

19 year old Rebecca Durkin is expected to appear before South Sefton Magistrates.

A 19-year-old has been charged with the murder of 55-year-old Clancy Durkin in Southport.

Emergency services were called to Guildford Road in Southport to reports that a body of a woman had been found.

Officers discovered the body of 55-year-old Clancy Durkin.

A post-mortem found that she died as a result of asphyxiation.

19 year old Rebecca Durkin of Guildford Road, Southport has been charged with murder.

She'll appear at South Sefton Magistrates' Court tomorrow.

Police have issue a picture of a 55 year old woman found dead in Southport.

The body of Clancy Durkin was discovered inside a property on Guildford Road on Tuesday.

Staff who worked with her at Southport and Formby District General Hospital say

“Clancy was a lovely person and a joy to work with. She was hard-working,

and someone who looked after her colleagues and made everyone welcome.

She will be sadly missed.”

A 19-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of murder remains in custody.

Detectives are treating the death as murder and say an investigation into the full circumstances of the incident is on-going.

Police have identified a 55-year-old woman found dead in Southport yesterday. The body of Clancy Durkin was discovered inside a property on Guildford Road. A 19-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of murder remains in custody.