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A 28-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of a man at their Derbyshire home.

Tonia Crabtree sobbed over the videolink from HMP Foston Hall during the 10-minute hearing at Derby Crown Court.

She is alleged to have stabbed Craig Morse to death at the flat they shared in Langley Mill.

No pleas were entered and a trial date was set to September 14 although the hearing was told that might change because of the uncertainties surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.

Officers were called to Frost Avenue at around 2am on Friday, April 3, where they found 33-year-old Mr Morse with a stab wound.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Crabtree, who was Mr Morse’s partner, was arrested and then charged with his murder.

Judge Nirmal Shant QC told the hearing the trial needed to be heard by either herself or Judge Shaun Smith QC who are qualified to try murders at Derby Crown Court.

She said the trial could last up to seven days.

Emma Coverley, Crabtree’s barrister, did not apply for bail on her behalf and the defendant was remanded into custody.

She is next due to appear at the same court on May 20 to enter her plea to the single charge of murder.