NSW man faces court after body found

A man has been charged with murder after the body of a woman was found at a home in the NSW Blue Mountains earlier this week.

Police were called to a Katoomba home on Tuesday morning and found the injured 73-year-old man, who was unresponsive and taken to hospital.

The body of a 71-year-old woman known to the man was found in a bedroom.

The man was discharged from hospital on Wednesday and charged with murder.

He has been refused bail to appear at Penrith Local Court on Thursday.