17 Feb 2010

Accused killer further remanded in psychiatric care

5:13 pm on 17 February 2010

A woman accused of killing another woman not long after leaving a mental health facility in Hamilton has been further remanded into psychiatric care.

The woman, 40, who has continued name suppression, is charged with the murder of Diane White, 53, on 19 January. She is also charged with threatening to kill.

She is accused of killing Ms White in her Frankton home only hours after leaving the Henry Bennett Centre at Waikato Hospital.

The woman's case was called in Hamilton District Court on Wednesday and will be called again on 16 March.