A 23-year-old outpatient of the St. Ann’s Hospital has appeared in court charged with the murder of her 88-year-old grandmother.

Alma David went before Senior Magistrate Gillian Scotland at the Arima Court yesterday morning.

She is accused of killing Edna David on May 17^th 2018.

The matter was adjourned to June 11^th.

Family members at Red Hill, D’abadie, found Ms. David dead in her bed.

It was first believed that she died of natural causes, but a post mortem later said her death was due to suffocation.