A Banbury man has been charged with murder after his partner was found dead in their home.

Technician David Graham Wale, aged 44, of Laurel Close, Banbury, is charged with killing Michael Keating, 47, of the same address.

Paramedics were called to the house at 5pm on Sunday and found Mr Keating lying in the bathroom. He was a media technician at North Oxfordshire College.

Wale was on Wednesday remanded in custody by Banbury Magistrates. He appears at Oxford Crown Court on May 13.