Woman charged with assault occasioning death after elderly man dies following attack in Newcastle.

An 81-year-old man died in a Newcastle hospital after being assaulted by a 24-year-old woman with a ream of paper in Wallsend on November 10. The woman fled the scene but was later arrested and initially charged with reckless grievous bodily harm. After the man's death, she now faces an additional charge of assault occasioning death. She has been denied bail and is set to appear in Newcastle Local Court on January 29.

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