A COURT hearing has taken place for a woman accused of setting fire to a room belonging to a homeless charity.

Marina Harries, 56, appeared at Oxford Crown Court on Friday (May 2) charged with one count of arson with intent to endanger life.

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She is accused of setting fire to a room belonging to Homeless Oxfordshire, the county’s largest not-for-profit provider of accommodation for people experiencing homelessness, on March 29, causing damage to an unknown value.

Harries, of Divinity Road, Oxford, was not asked to plea on Friday and the case was adjourned in order for a psychiatric report to be prepared.

The case is next due to appear in the same court on June 21.