Woman 'tried to smother mother'

A woman has appeared in court charged with attempting to murder her mother as she slept by smothering her with a pillow at their home in West Sussex.

Donna Sheppard-Saunders, 33, is accused of trying to kill Pamela Sheppard, 54, in the bedroom they shared in Ranville Close, Petworth, on 15 September.

Ms Sheppard-Saunders was freed on conditional bail by Judge Charles Kemp after a hearing at Lewes Crown Court.

She will return to the court in East Sussex on 22 December.

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