A 26-year-old man has appeared in court charged with murder after a woman was found dead at a property in an Ayrshire village.

Samuel Kelly appeared at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on Thursday, September 26, charged in connection with the death of Michelle Thomson, 47, who was found injured within a property in Newmilns on Tuesday, September 23.

Kelly, from East Ayrshire, was charged with murder, reports the Daily Record .

He made no plea and was remanded in custody. He will next appear in court within the next eight days.

Emergency services rushed to the Main Street area of Newmilns at around 12.20pm on Tuesday, September 23, to reports of a woman injured within a property.

Sadly, she was pronounced dead at the scene. Police yesterday confirmed the woman was Michelle Thomson and her

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