A MAN was today convicted of murdering his mother in Hayes.

Majid Butt, 51, of Gade Close, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey. He will be sentenced there next week.

Butt had walked from home to Hayes police station at around 1pm on Sunday, May 13, and admitted killing his mother.

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Officers went to the house in Gade Close, where Butt and his mother lived. They found the body of Mrs Khatoon.

Butt told officers he had an argument with his mother and she threatened to throw him out.

He said: “I came here to confess I have strangled my mother.” He used an electric cable.