The boyfriend of a woman found with fatal head injuries in a flat in Beckenham has admitted murdering her.

David McCorkell, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on Monday to the murder of Diane Dyer on July 18.

Police were called by the London Ambulance Service just after 11pm on Thursday, July 18 to a home in Oakwood Avenue following concerns for a woman occupant.

Officers and the paramedics attended and found Diane Dyer, 61, who was unresponsive and suffering from head injuries.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head and face.

McCorkell, who had been in a relationship with Dyer for two months, was charged with murder after he was arrested on July 23.

The 54-year-old is due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey on December 18.

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