Police have charged a Mount Isa man with murder over the stabbing death of a woman in Townsville on the weekend.
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Police said a 49-year-old woman was killed at a unit complex in the Townsville suburb of Pimlico around 1am Saturday.
A 40-year-old man from Mount Isa was on Saturday morning charged with her murder.
Police will allege the death was a case of domestic violence but would not confirm the relationship between the accused killer and the victim.
Neighbours told the ABC they have called police to the unit block in the past after hearing residents yelling and fighting.
The man is due to face Townsville magistrates court on Monday morning, February 24.
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Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
