Leanne McKie death: Husband charged with policewoman's murder
Mother-of-three's body was discovered in a lake at Poynton Park, Cheshire, on Friday
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Your support makes all the difference.Police in Cheshire investigating the killing of a policewoman whose body was found in a lake have charged her husband with murder.
Darren McKie, a 43-year-old policeman was arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of his 39-year-old wife, Leanne McKie, was found at the Poynton Park beauty spot.
Ms McKie, from Wilmslow,was the mother of three young children and worked as a detective constable in Greater Manchester Police's serious sexual offences unit.
Neighbours paid tribute to the "devoted" mother and said from the outside the family appeared to be happy and loving.
A spokeswoman for Cheshire Police said tonight: "Darren McKie, from Burford Close, Wilmslow, was arrested in the early hours of Friday 29 September after the body of Leanne McKie was found in a lake at Poynton Park.
"He was subsequently charged with murder today and has been remanded in police custody to appear at South and East Cheshire Magistrates' Court tomorow."
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