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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Adam Maidment

Thug turned up at home of woman, 87, and stabbed her in the back

A woman who bombarded an 87-year-old with phone calls before stabbing her at her home in a drunken rage has been jailed.

Laura Parry, 58, of Ella Grove, Knutsford, appeared at Chester Crown Court on Thursday (April 20) where she was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to a section 18 assault and possession of a knife.

The court heard how Parry began to bombard the victim, who has not been named, with abusive phone calls at around 9am on December 6, 2022. During these calls, she threatened the elderly woman and suggested she would turn up at her house with a knife.

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