A woman has been charged with murder following the discovery of a body in East Lismore.

About 10.40am on Saturday 22 August 2020, emergency services were called to a unit on Rosedale Square, East Lismore, after the body of a 60-year-old woman was found.

Detectives from Richmond Police District, assisted by the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, established Strike Force Boughton to investigate the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death.

About 1pm on Thursday 27 August 2020, officers arrested a 32-year-old woman on McNaughton Place, Maclean.

She was taken to Maclean Police Station and charged with murder and improperly interfere with a corpse.

Officers from Forensic Services attended a house on Yamba Road, Yamba early on Thursday afternoon. It is understood to be a residence linked to the accused.

The woman was refused bail and appeared at Lismore Local Court on Friday 28 August 2020.