A MAN has been arrested for the murder of Hampshire grandmother, Georgina Edmonds.

Mrs Edmonds, 77, was found dead in the kitchen of her home in Brambridge, near Otterbourne, in January 2008.

She had been beaten with a rolling pin.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was today remanded in custody at Winchester Crown Court.

Hampshire Constabulary say they have charged the man with murder.