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A 26-year-old woman charged with murdering a Dunedin baby was granted bail in Dunedin District Court today so she could attend the child's funeral.
She was given name suppression at her brief appearance this morning and bailed to a specific address that has been suppressed.
The woman is charged with murdering a 22-month-old girl in Dunedin on Monday.
She was remanded to reappear in court next Friday.
Her arrest late yesterday followed a police investigation involving members of the toddler's family, people who had contact with her and the forensic examination of a suburban St Kilda house where she died.
Dunedin regional coroner David Crerar released the body to her family on Wednesday for burial.
- NZPA
