wrongdoing. Carl Alcock told police he gave Lynsey Alcock a lethal combination of drugs causing her to overdose. However, prosecutors now accept this was "false" and the homeless dad wanted to be locked up "to avoid sleeping under a bridge".
Mrs Alcock, 45, was found dead at a home in Swallowhurst Crescent, Norris Green, Liverpool at around 7.45pm, on May 29 last year.
A post-mortem examination found the cause of Lynsey's death was "mixed depressant drug toxicity with pneumonia", the Liverpool Echo reported.
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