Pictured: Man, 55, charged with murder of mother-of-six Anita Rose

A man charged with the murder of dog walker Anita Rose attacked on a remote path has been pictured for the first time - as he appeared in court today.

Roy Barclay, 55, of no fixed abode, was last night charged on suspicion of murdering the mother-of-six, 57, who died four days after she was discovered unconscious in Brantham, Suffolk.

Her springer spaniel Bruce was unharmed beside her at the secluded spot between a sewage works and the main Ipswich to London railway line.

Barclay spoke to confirm his name and age during the three minute hearing when he appeared in a glass-fronted dock at Ipswich magistrates court.

Wearing a dark blue sweater, and with his head closely shaved, he also confirmed that he understood the charge he faced. 

Barclay was remanded in custody by Judge Levett to appear again for a plea hearing at Ipswich Crown Court on January 31 next year.

The judge fixed a provisional date for a trial to start at the same court on May 27 next year. 

Ms Walker explained: 'In the meantime you will be remanded in custody until this afternoon before a judge. Please go with the officers.'

Ms Rose was filmed by a doorbell camera when she set off on her usual walk at 5am on July 24 from her home where she lived with her partner of 13 years Richard Jones in Palfrey Heights, Brantham.

She is thought to have walked more than three miles on a network of tracks and paths before she was allegedly attacked.

Ms Rose was found unconscious, wearing leggings and trainers on her lower half, with her dog lead wrapped around her leg but only her bra on her top half with her pink Regatta jacket missing.

The cyclist who found her and a woman passer-by dialled 999 for an ambulance, and she was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, with a serious head injury and facial injuries.

Ms Rose, who had 13 grandchildren, remained in a critical condition in hospital with her family at her side before she died four days later on July 28.

A post mortem examination by a Home Office pathologist failed to establish her exact cause of death and further tests are being carried out.

Her iPhone was missing, along with her pink zip-up jacket, when she was found.

Suffolk Police later said they had recovered her phone, but were still hunting her jacket and her black quilted phone case with a gold crown and stud detail, and white bud earphones.

Officers have carried out wide-ranging inquiries since Ms Rose was found including forensic searches, house-to-house inquiries and CCTV analysis.

They had spoken to more than 630 people and taken around 90 statements by August 8.

Inquiries included distributing more than 1,200 leaflets in the Brantham area, and speaking to travellers on trains which passed the spot where she was found.

Barclay became the fourth person to be arrested in the inquiry.

A 45-year-old man who was said to be unknown to Ms Rose was initially arrested on suspicion of her attempted murder three days after she was found. He was re-arrested on suspicion of murder after her death.

A 37-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods 'in connection with the incident'. Both suspects from the Ipswich area were quizzed before being released on police bail until October 25, pending further inquiries.

A man aged in his 20s and from the Brantham area was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Ms Rose on July 31, and later released on police bail until October 24.

Ms Rose's partner Richard Jones, a lorry driver, posted a social media tribute to her after her death, saying: 'This was my beautiful Anita absolute heartbroken love you always and forever in my heart.'

A tribute from her children released by police said: 'Our mum was well known and loved in the community.

'She was brutally taken from us devastatingly too early, and we have been robbed of so much time with her.

'She wasn't just a mum of six, she was also a grandma to 13, a long-term partner, a mother-in-law and a special friend to so many.'

Ms Rose's daughter Jessica Cox made a new appeal for information to help police on Monday last week on BBC Crimewatch Live.

She tearfully described her mother as a 'beautiful, strong, independent woman' who loved being with her children and grandchildren.

Ms Cox added that her mother had moved to Brantham about six years ago and 'loved the area', and 'felt safe' there.