Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter The family of a man who killed his mother while battling mental health problems say they wish both had confided in them.
Leroy Panton, 40, has been jailed for strangling his mother Hyacinth Morris at their home in Levenshulme. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter, on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Panton had been suffering from mental health problems at the time, and was experiencing a 'severe depressive episode'. He strangled his mother then left her face down in the bath.
Manchester Crown Court heard that Panton felt he couldn't talk about his problems with his mother, and his barrister said there is a 'cultural stigma' around the issue in
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