A 28-YEAR-OLD man was due in court today charged with the murder of an Asian woman found dead in a Lancashire field.

Dilip Patel, of Tottenham, North London, was charged with the killing yesterday.

He was due before Blackpool magistrates today.

The partially-clothed body of Chandrika Patel was discovered by a couple walking their dog near the village of Treales, near Kirkham in December.

Police initially thought she may have been from East Lancashire and issued a picture and appealed for witnesses to help identify her.

She was later identified as living in London.