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An eighth person has appeared in court in connection with the death of a 40-year-old woman who was shot in a flat.<\/p>\n
Joanne Penney was found seriously injured at Green Park in Talbot Green<\/a>, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on 9 March and died at the scene.<\/p>\n Seven people<\/a> – five charged with murder, one with assisting an offender and one with participating in the activities of an organised crime group – were previously remanded in custody ahead of a trial.<\/p>\n Molly Cooper, 33, from Leicester, has now been charged with participating in the activities of an organised crime group and acquiring ammunition for a firearm without a certificate, and appeared at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates Court on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n She has been remanded in custody and her case has been linked with the seven other defendants, with a pre-trial hearing scheduled for 7 July, with the trial date set to begin on 20 October.<\/p>\n An inquest opening in March heard that Ms Penney died after being shot in the chest<\/a>, with injuries to her heart and lung.<\/p>\n