Woman, 54, charged over blaze death
Published: 00:00, 15 August 2002
A WOMAN has appeared in court charged with the murder of her elderly neighbour. Marilyn Taylor-Hadden, 54, is accused of killing 80-year-old Ethel Thomas of Mackenzie Way, Gravesend.
Mrs Thomas died in a fire at her home in the early hours of Monday morning. It is alleged that Ms Taylor-Hadden deliberately set fire to her ground floor flat with the intention of harming Mrs Thomas who lived in the flat above.
Magistrates at Darford remanded Ms Taylor-Hadden to Holloway Prison where she will remain until she appears before the crown court. An inquest into the death is due to be opened next week.
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