He murdered her and tried to make it look like she drowned accidentally in the bath

A controlling boyfriend plied his elderly partner with drink and then drowned her in the bath of her Notting Hill flat, a court heard. 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 2024. The hot tap was running with the plug covered by a towel, Kingston Crown Court heard. Clifford Cowen, 59, had battered Ms Fleming before manhandling her in the bath…