Woman possibly under deadly attack from boyfriend when killing occurred, judge hears

The lawyer for a woman, who killed her boyfriend, has said her client was possibly under deadly attack from the deceased at the time, and asked her sentencing judge to place the manslaughter within the lower culpability range.

The barrister said that the mother-of-two had killed him in self-defence, where there was a history of domestic violence, and that there was "very strong supportive evidence that this event started with his attacking her".