The case of a woman accused of murdering her partner has been adjourned without a plea being taken.
Teresa Rylands, aged 33, will have to return to Exeter Crown Court in March when the case will be ready to proceed.
She was due to be arraigned at a plea and case management hearing but both prosecution and defence counsel asked Judge Francis Gilbert to delay proceedings.
Mr Adrian Chaplin, prosecuting, said there had been delays in receiving and passing on specialist evidence which meant that a new timetable needed to be set.
Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, adjourned the case and bailed her to a hostel in Bristol, with a condition she does not enter the Teignbridge area.
Rylands, of Bradley Lane, Newton Abbot is accused of murdering Neil Mitchell, aged 48, who died after being found at his home at Barton Drive, Newton Abbot, with head injuries in August.
She was initially arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent but the charge was altered after his death.
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