A WOMAN charged in connection with the death of Andover pensioner Malcolm Cox has appeared in court.

Izabela Dauti, 39, of Bell Road, Andover, appeared in Winchester Crown Court on Wednesday, 22 November, standing accused of the manslaughter of the 84-year-old.

Mr Cox was found with a head injury at an address in Bell Road on Tuesday, 15 November, 2016.

He was taken to North Hampshire Hospital in Basingstoke where he died the following day.

Dauti pleaded not guilty at the hearing and a trial date has been set for May 2018.