Deanha Neely, 32, drug addict of no fixed abode, killed Derek Taylor, 71, with a hammer and axe, then stole £7,500 from his bank account to go on a spending spree. Charged and convicted of manslaughter, rather than murder, because of her ‘loss of control’, just 12 years in jail.

/ Mike Buchanan

Our thanks to Stu for this. You have to ask, if person A kills person B with a hammer and axe, isn’t ‘a loss of control’ to be taken for granted? I would assume if the genders were reversed, the man would have been charged with. and convicted of, murder – with the far longer prison sentence that would entail. Neely will be 44 at the most when she’s released, with a reasonable expectation of a further 40+ years of life expectancy.

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  1. Guilty of loss of control?

    Ok, that’s understandable then.

    For a moment there I’d jumped to the conclusion it might be murder.
    But all’s well that ends well.

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