Man charged over alleged murder of his mother in Geraldton

A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder after a woman died in Geraldton, Western Australia last night.

Neighbours called police after hearing screams and shouts from a man just before 6.30pm at a house on Melbourne Street.

Police said they found a woman in her 40s with critical injuries. Despite the efforts of paramedics, she died at the scene.

A 21-year-old man, understood to be the woman’s son, was arrested at the scene and has been charged with her murder.

Neighbours told 9News they saw him walk up the street to his mother’s house holding a weapon.

The woman leaves behind her partner and six children. 

The woman’s friends told 9News she’d just turned her life around, and only recently got her license.

Her death comes on Day 6 of “16 Days in WA”, a local campaign inspired by the global movement against gender-based violence, 16 Days of Activism.

The WA campaign kicked off in Perth on November 25, which is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and runs through to December 10, which is Human Rights Day.

Monday’s launch in Perth started with a powerful message from Ariel Bombara, whose father killed her mother and sister in May this year.

Just 24 hours ago, the Geraldton community marched through the town centre in a stand against violence as part of the awareness campaign.

Now, they’re coming to terms with the loss of one of their own – a mother, grandmother and friend, who has become the 92nd woman to be killed in Australia this year.