A YORK woman appeared at court today after the murder of a man in the city.

Caroline Mawhood, 20, has been charged with the murder of Simon Gilchrist, 23, who died on July 27 after being found stabbed in the street in Bell Farm Avenue, off Huntington Road, York.

Mawhood, of Bell Farm Avenue, appeared at York Crown Court for about 15 minutes for an administrative hearing.

She will next appear on October 15 for a further brief hearing.

She has yet to enter a plea on the charge against her, but a provisional date for her trial has been set for January 10.

Updated: 14:13 Friday, August 06, 2004