THE case of a woman alleged to have been at the centre of a love triangle which ended in murder has been adjourned in her absence.

Sarah Bramley, 29, was said to have sent her jealous ex-partner a photograph of her performing a sex act on her new lover.

Last year David Jeet Saunders, 33, was handed a life sentence for murdering Michael Lawson, 34, after he lay in wait for him in a Darlington street and stabbed him once in the heart.

Saunders was jailed for a minimum of 22 and a half years at Teesside Crown Court.

Bramley, from Darlington, had been due to appear before the same court charged with an incitement-related offence.

The case was adjourned in her absence until Friday morning.