A WOMAN has appeared at Newport Magistrates’ Court charged with the murder of a man found dead inside a house in Gwent.

Rebecca Louise Press, 31, from Caerphilly, is accused of killing 57-year-old Richard Marc Ash at the property in Elliots Town, New Tredegar.

She has also been charged with assaulting another woman on the same day.

Officers were called to the address at around 12.30am on Sunday morning after the victim was found unresponsive.

Paramedics from the Welsh Ambulance Service confirmed the man had died.

Gwent Police said his next of kin are being supported by specialist officers.

Press, of The Grange, Trecenydd, was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Newport Crown Court tomorrow.