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ELIZABETH BIRTWISTLE

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LONGTON WOMAN SENT TO SECURE PSYCHIATRIC UNIT AFTER FATAL STABBING OF GRANDFATHER

A woman who stabbed her grandfather to death in his own house has been sent to a secure psychiatric unit indefinitely.

Elizabeth Birtwistle was in a psychotic state when she attacked 75-year-old Raymond Conlan at his home in Longton, Lancashire, Preston Crown Court heard.

Birtwistle, 32 and of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

She had been originally held on suspicion of murder after the attack at about 03:50 GMT on 6 March 2020.

Mr Conlan was found by emergency services with stab wounds to his head and body at his Cedar Grove home.

Birtwistle was arrested and later detained under the Mental Health Act.

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d Raymond Conlan at his home in Longton, Lancashire, Preston Crown Court heard. Birtwistle, 32 and of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. She had been originally held on suspicion...

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Longton, City of Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, England, Suburban Area, City of Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, ST3

Coordinates: 52.9877, -2.1403

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