Theft charge in office death case

Catherine Marlow moved to the UK in 2004

A 38-year-old man has been charged with stealing a credit card belonging to a New Zealand woman who was found dead in her office.

Catherine Marlow, 28, was found on 13 January after being asphyxiated in her work place in Kennington, south London.

Daniel Martin Kennedy, of Newburn Street, Kennington, will appear before magistrates on Friday charged with theft and going equipped for theft.

Miss Marlow had been in the UK since 2004, lived in the Lambeth area.

The body of the New Zealand-born finance manager was discovered in the shower of her office in South Lambeth Road on Saturday night.

Police are still keen to speak to anyone who was in the South Lambeth Road area between noon and 2200 GMT on Saturday.

Mr Kennedy will appear before Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court.

As well as the theft charge, he has also been bailed to return to police in February pending further inquiries into her death.