A North Korean woman has denied murdering her partner in their home in New Malden.
Hyojung Lim, 43, is charged with stabbing Jaesok Lee, 40, to death at their home in New Malden High Street in the early hours of Wednesday, March 2.
Speaking through a Korean interpreter, she pleaded not guilty to murder at the Old Bailey this morning.
Police were first called to a home above the Fara charity shop shortly before 1.20am on Wednesday, March 2, to a report of a man having collapsed.
Officers arrested Mrs Lim later that day.
She has been remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Monday, September 26, for the trial, which is expected to last three to four weeks.
New Malden is home to about 600 North Koreans – the largest population in Europe – who live alongside about 20,000 South Koreans.
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