Son ‘strangled elderly mum to death’

A son accused of strangling his elderly mother to death at their home will face trial in September, a court heard. Angela Clayton, 74, was found dead by police at her home in St George’s Square, Forest Gate, east London, at 12.36pm on on 17 February. The mother and grandmother, originally from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, had lived in the semi-detached home on the street for more than 25 years. Her son Richard Clayton, 45, who lived with…