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| Woman appears in court charged with manslaughter of Bertie Acheson | Woman appears in court charged with manslaughter of Bertie Acheson |
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| A 23-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with the manslaughter of County Antrim pensioner Bertie Acheson. | A 23-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with the manslaughter of County Antrim pensioner Bertie Acheson. |
| Jennifer Toland, who is orginally from Antrim, was granted bail at Ballymena Magistrates Court. | |
| Mr Acheson, 72, died from a heart attack after a break-in at his home in Coleraine in April. He collapsed after confronting an intruder. | |
| A detective constable told the judge there was evidence linking the accused to the crime. | |
| The court heard that on the day the pensioner died, paramedics were called to his home during the early hours of the morning and found Mr Acheson lying on his back in the kitchen. | |
| He had sustained an injury to his face and showed no sign of life. | |
| He was pronounced dead at about 07:30 GMT on 30 April. |