A MAN has been charged with manslaughter following the death of an 89-year-old woman in Gomersal.

The 26-year-old will appear before Dewsbury magistrates today.

He is also charged with two counts of robbery.

Mrs Jean Myers died in Bradford Royal Infirmary on Friday, hours after she was left on the pavement with serious head injuries following an incident in Quarry Road near the junction with the A651 Bradford Road.

She was allegedly mugged at 1.55pm.