A MAN appeared in court today accused of murdering his wife.

Russell Yeates, of Bell Lane, Wheatley, was remanded in custody at Oxford Magistrates' Court.

The 49-year-old is charged with murdering Deborah Smith at a house in Wheatley on Monday, May 26.

Douglas Diss, chairman of the magistrates, ordered Yeates to appear at Oxford Crown Court on Monday, June 9.