A MAN has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a woman was found dead at a flat in Bournemouth.

James Augustus John D’Arcy, 50, of no fixed abode, admitted to causing Hayley Dean’s death at Gainslea Court in Derby Road on Friday, September 16 last year, at a hearing at Winchester Crown Court on Friday.

He has however denied Ms Dean’s murder and a trial is set to begin on February 20.

A post-mortem examination showed Ms Dean, 38, died from blunt force trauma to her head. D’Arcy has been remanded into custody.