A man has been charged with manslaughter after a 75-year-old woman died following a suspected burglary in north London.<\/p>\n
Police were called to Tollington Park in Finsbury Park on the night of 11 August after reports of a burglary.<\/p>\n
Rose Smith was taken to hospital, where she died the following day. An 81-year-old man was also taken to hospital and was discharged the next day.<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Dean Rose, 46, of Apsley Close, North Harrow, has been charged with manslaughter and aggravated burglary. He is due to appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He was arrested on Friday, 21 August.<\/p>\n
In a statement released earlier on Monday, Smith’s family described her as an “outgoing woman” who loved “bingo, going to caf\u00e9s with her friends and, above all, spending time with her family”.<\/p>\n
They described their loss as devastating, adding: “She was the life and soul of every party. She had a wonderful personality, a big heart and a way of bringing laughter and happiness wherever she went.<\/p>\n
“We want people to remember Rose for the person she truly was – loving, fun, kind, sociable and full of life.”<\/p>\n
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