Man, 61, appears in court is charged with murdering housing officer, 47, who was stabbed before crashing her car in Bridgend

Clifford Foster limped into the dock at Newport Magistrates' Court on a crutch, his face bruised and one eye swollen. Asked by the judge to stand, he replied: 'I can hear you from here.' He is charged with murdering Eleanor Barnfield, a mother-of-two attacked at the Ger-y-Nant retirement complex where she worked and he lived. Foster was remanded in custody to face Cardiff Crown Court on Monday.

Armed officers spent 12 hours in a stand-off before arresting him at 1am on Tuesday.

The Welsh Ambulance Service called claims she drove because of ambulance delays 'factually untrue'.

Her family paid tribute: 'She meant everything to us... She was our rock.'