The lawyer of a dying woman accused of murdering her sister has requested she be released on bail to allow her to be unshackled from her hospital bed.
Valerie Kelly, 67, is charged with murdering her sister in June 2015 after the woman's body was found at a house in Hilton.
The Perth District Court heard on Thursday that Ms Kelly had been in custody at Bandyup Prison until she fell and broke her hip, requiring surgery.
While at Royal Perth Hospital receiving treatment, doctors discovered Ms Kelly had advanced liver cancer, with her lawyer telling the court she only had months to live.
"She is in a very poor way... in and out of consciousness," he said.
He indicated he could not take instructions from his client, because she was so unwell, but appealed to the court to consider a bail application to "relieve her from being strapped to her bed".
State prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo indicated the state would support a bail application if Ms Kelly was transferred into the care of a doctor at the hospital.
She said she understood Ms Kelly needed to be transferred to a residential palliative nursing facility, but no facility would take her while she remained in custody.
Justice Stephen Hall said he did not want a "technicality of the justice system" to prevent Ms Kelly from receiving appropriate care.
The matter was remanded until August 1.
