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The husband of a retired postmistress found battered to death at her home has been charged with her murder.
Tarsame Singh, 79, will appear in court today accused of killing his 77-year-old wife Maya Devi.
Singh handed himself into a police station near the couple's home in Hornchurch, East London, on Tuesday evening. Officers - together with paramedics- raced to the home just after 9.30pm and found Ms Devi with severe head injuries.
She was pronounced dead a short while later at the scene.
Singh - who along with his wife - ran the post office in nearby Rainham for many years before recently retiring, will appear at Barkingside Magistrates' Court this afternoon charged with murder.
Tarsame Singh, 79, will appear in court today accused of killing his 77-year-old wife Maya Devi (pictured)
Maya Devi (pictured) was discovered with head injuries at a house near Hornchurch, East London, just after 9.30pm on May 2
MailOnline revealed last night how Ms Devi was due to go on holiday to Lanzarote next week.
She was a regular at the Havering Asian Social and Welfare Association (HASWA) community centre close to her home, where she practised Yoga and met friends for lunch.
Close friend, Nirmala Leal, an outreach worker at HASWA, saw her just hours before she was found dead.
Ms Leal said: 'I spoke to Maya
