Man in court over 86-year-old's Small Heath stab death
A man has appeared in court charged with murdering an 86-year-old woman who died in a stabbing.
Riasat Bi was found wounded at her home in Aubrey Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, at about 11:00 BST on Thursday. Madni Ahmed, 20, of Cavendish Street, Stoke-on-Trent, also faces a charge of attempting to murder an 18-year-old man and a count of affray. At Birmingham Magistrates Court earlier, he was remanded in custody. He is set to appear at Birmingham Crown Court on 19 July. A post-mortem examination found Ms Bi died from multiple stab wounds. The injured 18-year-old remains in a critical condition in hospital, police say.