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Mon 08 Aug 2001Bail for mother of nine on murder chargeA Belfast woman has been spared a return to jail on a murder charge to give her nine children "a chance".An application to have bail revoked for Ms Isobella Frances Gill (37) from Beechmount Grove in west Belfast was turned down in the High Court after Mr Justice Weatherup heard her children would be "scattered" among relatives if she were remanded back to prison.