Trial date set for murder accused

A trial date has been set for a woman charged with murdering a man in suburban Auckland in April.

Name suppression continues for the 45-year-old woman, accused of killing Tom Joseph Rihia in his house on May Rd, Mt Roskill, on April 13.

She appeared in the High Court at Auckland this morning and was remanded in custody, but an application for bail was made.

Her trial will begin on August 15 next year.

- NZPA