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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Eleanor Barlow & Damon Wilkinson

Sister's heartbreaking final words as she was choked to death by her brother at caravan park

A brother who killed his teenage sister while on a family holiday at a caravan park has been jailed for five years. Amanda Selby, 15, from Tameside, was choked to death by her brother Matthew at the Ty Mawr Holiday Park in Towyn, near Abergele, North Wales, on Saturday July 31 last year.

At Mold Crown Court on Friday, the 20-year-old, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility at an earlier hearing, was give an extended sentence of 10 years – made up of a five-year custodial term and five years on extended licence. Judge Rhys Rowlands said the extended licence is considered necessary to protect members of the public from the risks posed by Selby.

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