A woman accused of murdering a pensioner in a fire at a nursing home is due to stand trial two years after the death.

Rebecca Reasbeck, now 20, is accused of killing Irene Herring, 85, at Ancaster Court in Hastings Road, Bexhill, in February 2009.

Mother-of-five Mrs Herring, known as Rene, was rescued by firefighters from her top-floor room but died of pneumonia after inhaling smoke.

Reasbeck, of Upper Park Road, St Leonards, has denied starting the fire.

She was due to stand trial in October but the case was adjourned because she was expecting a child.

The case is due to open at Lewes Crown Court on Monday March 28.