A man will make his plea in April after being accused of brutally murdering 82-year-old Palmira Silva.

Nicholas Salvador, 25, is accused of beheading the 82-year-old great-grandmother in her garden in Nightingale Road on Thursday, September 4.

Mr Salvador, of Gilda Avenue, Ponders End, was refused bail at his first hearing on September 9, where he did not appear.

Today he was told at the Old Bailey that he will make his plea on April 24 after a series of pre-trial hearings.