A Dagenham woman has appeared at the Old Bailey charged with murdering her two young sons.
Kara Alexander, 44, is charged over the deaths of Marley Thomas, aged five, and two-year-old Elijah Thomas.
On Thursday (December 22), Alexander appeared at the Old Bailey by video link from Bronzefield prison for a preliminary hearing.
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She spoke only to confirm her name and date of birth before a timetable for the case was set.
Judge Mark Lucraft KC said a plea hearing would take place on March 9 next year.
The bodies of the two boys were found by emergency services at an address in Cornwallis Road, Dagenham on Friday (December 16).
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The results of post-mortem examinations have yet to be obtained.
The judge also set a provisional trial from July 10 next year.
Alexander, also of Cornwallis Road, was remanded into custody.
Reporting by PA.
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