the Liverpool ECHO reports.Sharples admitted manslaughter, but denied murder, in relation to the attack in Warrington town centre on the afternoon of October 6 last year.He decided not to take the stand and offered no evidence in his defence, which rested solely on his barrister's closing speech.Stephen Wood, QC, defending, said his client did a "terrible thing", but said there was "at least a nagging doubt as to what he actually intended" given he was "clearly intoxicated".Mr Wood said witnesses described Sharples as a "nutcase", who was "frothing at the mouth", and in a police van he was calm, then suddenly flipped and banged his head on the door, before he soiled himself and stripped naked in a cell, then punched himself.He said: "The.
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