JOHN Walker is due to appear before magistrates today charged with the murder of his wife.The 65-year-old former agricultural scientist will attend a court hearing before South East Suffolk magistrates sitting in Ipswich following the death of his wife Glenda who died from a single gun shot to the chest.

JOHN Walker is due to appear before magistrates today charged with the murder of his wife.

The 65-year-old former agricultural scientist will attend a court hearing before South East Suffolk magistrates sitting in Ipswich following the death of his wife Glenda who died from a single gun shot to the chest.

Police discovered her body on Tuesday at the couple's cottage in Lodge Road, Great Bealings, near Woodbridge.

A spokeswoman for Suffolk police said: "A 65-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of 63-year-old Glenda Walker at her home in Great Bealings.

"John Walker, of Lodge Road, Great Bealings, is due to appear before Ipswich magistrates."