A 75-year-old woman accused of murdering her husband with knives and an axe has avoided arrest by turning up to court for the first time.
Lucia Colella is charged with murdering Antonio Colella at their Alberton home in Adelaide on July 6.
She was in hospital until she was granted home detention bail on November 7, but failed to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on November 27.
Magistrate Bob Harrup issued a warrant for her arrest, but ordered it to remain on the file and be activated only if she did not attend court on January 15.
Colella turned up on Thursday when she was due to answer the charge, but the case was adjourned to February 2 when an Italian interpreter will be required.
When she was granted bail last year, her lawyer said she had never been in trouble with the police and had suffered from undiagnosed psychosis and psychotic episodes before her husband's death.
The crown had argued against bail saying Colella was unstable and posed a risk to herself and the community.
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