A PRELIMINARY trial date has been set for a woman accused of murdering a man in Bicester.
Bailey Heywood, 22, has been charged with one count of murder after the death of Dale Bond, 45, on March 13.
Emergency services were called to a home in Mullein Road at about 12.01pm.
A post-mortem examination has been conducted with the cause of death being confirmed as a stab wound to the chest.
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Heywood appeared at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday (March 19) morning where a preliminary trial date has been set for September 2.
Wearing a light grey jumper, she spoke only to confirm her name.
She is next due back in court for a trial preparation hearing on Friday, April 19.
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