Man was 'lying in wait' on bridge before stabbing beloved mum to death with knife he bought from Asda

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A man who stabbed a beloved mum to death in broad daylight with a knife he bought from Asda has been handed a hospital order.

Paul Hughes, 30, had bought the weapon just 40 minutes before he brutally attacked Michelle Hodgkinson as she walked past him in Droylsden.

He had been ‘lying in wait’ on a bridge on Edge Lane when Ms Hodgkinson, 51, walked past him on the way to meet her mum for a coffee. READ MORE: His dad wept outside the courtroom after he admitted what he'd done Hughes, of Droylsden, brutally attacked Ms Hodgkinson, stabbing her to death.

He then flung the knife over a nearby fence and went home. He was arrested hours later. Following a finding of fact trial at Minshull Street Crown Court, jurors found he had committed the act of unlawfully killing Ms Hodgkinson.