Woman, 28, admits stabbing her boyfriend to death during 'domestic disturbance'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman has admitted killing her boyfriend during a 'domestic disturbance'. Katie Yeomans stabbed 28-year-old Rees Howarth to death at a property in Hyde, Tameside earlier this year.
Yeomans, 28, pleaded not guilty to murder and manslaughter and was set to go on trial. But on the day her case was scheduled to begin at Manchester Crown Court, she changed her plea and admitted manslaughter.
Prosecutors said they accepted the plea and would not pursue a murder trial. She will be sentenced next week, when further details surrounding Mr Howarth's death are expected to be disclosed. READ MORE: The burglary case that took so long to get to court the suspect DIED before family saw justice READ MORE: The top stories across the M.E.N.
today During a short hearing on Wednesday morning, prosecutor Alex Leach KC said the acceptance of the manslaughter plea came after ‘careful consideration’ of a number of factors including ‘the history of abuse to which the defendant has been subjected from a number of sources over time’.
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