A nan who stormed into a house in an attempt to collect a £120 cannabis debt was stabbed to death in an act of 'self-defence', a coroner has ruled.
Debbie Twist, 47, along with her son and another man burst through the back door and into the house on Manchester Road, Leigh, to recover the debt which was owed by the householder's son. The gang descended on the house on the evening of March 17, 2019 wearing masks and wielding a hammer and machete.
An inquest at Bolton Coroner's Court heard the victim - whose pregnant partner was also at home at the time - stabbed Ms Twist in the chest as he tried to fend off an attack. She suffered 'a single stab wound' and died from her injury in hospital that same day.
