Man charged with pensioner murders A man has been charged with the murders of two elderly women in their homes in Southport, Merseyside. Andrew Simon Flood is accused of killing Margaret Biddolph, 78, and Annie Leyland, 88, who both died of asphyxia. Mrs Biddolph's body was discovered at her property in Lonsdale Road on Tuesday, while Mrs Leyland was found dead at her home in nearby Birch Street in the early hours of Wednesday. He is also charged with robbery in connection with an incident in Janes Brook Road on Saturday, February 18. The 43-year-old, from Clifton Road, Southport, will appear at South Sefton Magistrates' Court in Bootle on Friday. The families of both victims appealed for anyone with any information to come forward with Mrs Leyland's son, Philip, saying: "I ask to be left alone to grieve quietly and to come to terms with what has happened."