To be attributed to Detective Senior Sergeant Karen Simmons:
A 36-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman in Parklands, Christchurch last night.
Emergency services were called to Lamorna Road at 7.50pm, after reports a woman had sustained critical injuries.
The woman was unresponsive when emergency services arrived and tragically was unable to be revived.
The 36-year-old man was taken into police custody a short time later and has subsequently been charged with murder.
He is scheduled to appear in Christchurch District Court this morning.
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