Suspected rapist, killer and arsonist in court over murder of Bilston nurse Lisa Skidmore
A 55-year-old man has appeared in court accused of the rape and murder of a nurse whose body was found after a house fire in the Black Country.
Leroy Campbell, of Forest Road, Moseley, Birmingham, was remanded in custody at the city's magistrates' court charged with killing Lisa Skidmore.
Ms Skidmore, aged 37, was found strangled at her home in Mill Croft, Bilston, on Thursday last week.
Campbell, who appeared in the dock wearing a black jumper and light-coloured jogging bottoms, is also charged with arson intending to endanger life, and the attempted murder of Ms Skidmore's 80-year-old mother.
The alleged killer did not to enter any pleas during a four-minute court hearing, and was ordered to reappear at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday.
A post mortem carried out on Friday found that Miss Skidmore died as a result of strangulation.
Miss Skidmore had worked at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust for nearly 20 years and colleagues paid tribute to 'a valued member of the nursing team' where she worked as a senior staff nurse.
She received a bachelor of science with honours degree in professional nursing studies in 2007 and began working in the community, based in Bilston, in 2013.
