A woman who murdered her partner after a drunken argument "about nothing" was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17 years on Wednesday this week.
Joanne Moran, 43, who wore a black jumper in the dock and sat with her blonde hair tied back in a bun, showed no emotion as the jury's verdict was delivered after two hours and 53 minutes of deliberations. Jonathan Gibbons was knifed in the heart at the couple's home on Bridge Road in Litherland in the early hours of October 30 last year.
A previous trial heard on October 30, 2022, at about 4.45am, emergency services received a phone call from Moran reporting that a man had been stabbed and the caller was requesting assistance to attend their home on Bridge Road. Mr Gibbons and the defendant had been in a relationship since 2016 and had lived at the address for around four years, where they had been playing cards and drinking since 3pm the day before.
