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Police officer accused of murder

A 26-year-old policeman has been charged with murdering his police constable girlfriend.

Claire Howarth, a Greater Manchester Police officer, was found fatally injured after a car crash on 7 May on Tottington Road, Harwood, Bolton.

Martin Alexander Forshaw, of Meadow Way in Tottington, was charged with murder and is due to appear before Bolton Magistrates' Court on 11 May.

Post-mortem tests showed Miss Howarth, 31, died of a head injury.

THE BBC

I wonder had he been a "bin man" and his girlfriend a "dinner lady" would they have still made such a big deal out of this?? But then "A 26 year old bin man has been charged with murdering his dinner lady girlfriend" would have sold as many papers would it