Queenstown murder accused will appear today

The man charged with murdering Queenstown woman Patricia Anne Burton will appear in the Invercargill District Court today.

The 20-year-old accused is a relative of Mrs Burton, who was stabbed to death at her home in the Queenstown suburb of Kelvin Heights early Saturday morning.

The victim was the wife of Police Sergeant Trevor Burton, who was one of the first officers at the scene after hearing on the police radio of an emergency at his address.