Builder pleads not guilty to murdering customer in her Dudley home
A builder has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a 58-year-old woman found with head injuries in her Dudley home.
Peter Norgrove, aged 43, of Brownswall Road in Sedgley appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday.
His is accused of delivering eight blows to the head of Sharon Gordon who was found dead by the stairs at the property in Bromford Road in the Holly Hall area of Dudley on July 20 after failing to turn up for work.
A trial date was also set for January 22.
Addressing the defendant Judge Michael Chambers KC said: "Your case is adjourned for trial."
He added that the matter may be held in his absence if Norgrove failed to attend.
