Police expect to charge man with murder after woman’s body found in south-west Sydney unit

A woman, 31, has been found dead in a unit on Knox Street, Belmore, in south-west Sydney. Police say a man, 35, who was the subject of an apprehended violence order, is expected to be charged with her murder. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Police say they expect to charge a man who was the subject of an apprehended violence order with murder, after the body of a woman was found in a south-west Sydney apartment in a “very violent scene”.

Emergency services were called to a unit on Knox Street in Belmore on Wednesday morning, where they found a 31-year-old woman dead.