A man charged with murder following the discovery of a woman's body at a Wellington property early yesterday allegedly broke a protection order to reach her.
The 46-year-old man, who has interim name suppression, appeared in the Wellington District Court this morning before Judge Phillip Moran.
The injured man and the body of a 38-year-old woman were found by police at a property in the suburb of Woodridge after a 111 call filled with screaming was made from the home at 1.17am yesterday.
The man faces charges of murder, breaching a protection order and entering entering a building with a knife with the intent to commit a crime.