A WOMAN is due to appear in court accused of murdering a three-year-old girl.

Bethan Colebourn died after an incident at a house in Whitsbury Road, Fordingbridge, on October 19 last year.

Police were called to the scene and she was rushed to Salisbury District Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Officers have now confirmed that she drowned.

Claire Colebourn, 36, of Sandford Road, Littlemore, Oxford, is due to appear at Winchester Crown Court today.

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