Murder accused remanded on bail

Gisborne woman Stacey Woods has been remanded on bail after she appeared in Gisborne District Court today charged with murder.

Woods, 28, did not enter a plea. She will reappear on June 23.

Douglas Leslie James Tukotahi Tupaea, 29, was found dead in a house in the Gisborne suburb of Mangapapa early last Saturday morning.

He died after suffering a stab wound to the chest.

- NZPA