A WOMAN charged with the attempted murder of a hospital patient today appeared in Oxford Crown Court.

Julia Knight, of Sycamore Drive, Banbury, is accused of trying to murder Irene Robson on October 7 last year at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

The 55-year-old was granted bail with an electronically tagged curfew between 9pm and 9am.

She did not enter a plea during today’s hearing and is now due to attend a plea and case management hearing on April 17.

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