‘Fiancé drowned pensioner in her bath’

The ‘fiancé’ of a pensioner who was found drowned in her overflowing bath appeared in court today (tues) charged with murder. Rita Fleming, 70, was found dead in her nightdress in the bath in her flat in Kensington, southwest London, after police forced entry on 23 June. The hot tap was running with the plug covered by a towel, the Old Bailey heard. Clifford Cowen, 57, appeared at the Old Bailey today (tues) charged with murder. He told police he…