Woman found dead at home formally identified

Date published: 16 December 2013


A woman who was found dead at her home in Littleborough has been formally identified.

Shortly before midnight on Saturday 14 December 2013, police received a call from a public telephone reporting that a woman had been killed at a house on Calf Hey, Shore Road, Littleborough.

Officers attended and discovered the body of a 64-year-old woman, who has now been formally identified as Glennis Brierley.

She was discovered with visible stab injuries and a post mortem will take place to establish the cause of death.

A 45-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder remains in police custody for questioning.

Police are not currently looking for anyone else in connection with this incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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