A mother says she stabbed her husband twice with kitchen knives on the evening of the Queen's funeral because she was 'upset' by the royal's death.
14.02.2023 - 11:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A killer has admitted assaulting a woman only days before taking part in an attack in which a security guard was beaten to death. Joseph Byrne and his older brother Jay previously pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Christopher Molloy in Liverpool, although both were cleared of murder, Liverpool Echo reports.
A youth who cannot be named for legal reasons was convicted of murdering the 55-year-old by a jury after kicking him in the head as he lay unconscious near to Bootle Strand. Appearing before Liverpool Crown Court yesterday, Monday, via video link to HMP Altcourse, Joseph Byrne pleaded guilty to further charges in relation two separate incidents.
The 25-year-old, of Linacre Road in Litherland admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm against John McLoughlin on April 9 last year.
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He also pleaded guilty to assaulting Kellsey Freeman occasioning actual bodily harm. This count relates to an incident on Waine Street in St Helens on July 10 2022.
The fatal attack on Mr Molloy came only two days later in the early hours of July 12. Jurors heard during a trial last month that an initial altercation between the parties erupted near to Burger King in Bootle at around 12.45am on July 12 last year after the deceased was accused of "touching" the teenage defendant's girlfriend.
Jay Byrne, of Leyland Road in Southport, was said to have either punched or pushed the stranger, who then fled to the McDonald's opposite and sought assistance from staff "because he was concerned as to what was happening, trying to get help". The victim remained in the doorway of the fast food branch for several minutes before walking away, at
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