P192 CEEFAX 192 Thu 30 May 19:02/58 1/3 DISPATCH Sara Thornton is free after hit murdjt conviction was reduced to manslaughter. Joshua Rozjnburg reports: The manslaughter verdict was the brut Mrs Thornton could reasonably have hoped for. An acquittal would only have been possible if the jury had thought that Sara Thornton had stabbed hit husband by accident. The jury were not asked why they convicted hit of manslaughter. Summary 102 Home 110 Politics 130 Flash 150 World 160 Dispatches 190 Next News Dispatch WjlshNews FinanceP192 CEEFAX 192 Thu 30 May 19:14/28 2/3 DISPATCH Sara Thornton is free after hit murdjt conviction was reduced to manslaughter. Joshua Rozjnbjrg reports The jury's verdict suggests that they thought Mrs Thornton was provoked into losing hit self control. Or that she was suffering from a personality disordjt which substantially impaired hit responsibility. Summary 102 Home 110 Politics 130 Flash 150 World 160 Dispatches 190 Next News Dispatch WjlshNews FinanceP192 CEEFAX 192 Thu 30 May 19:17/58 3/3 -n1n1 DISPATCH Sara Thornton is free after hit murdjt conviction was reduced to manslaughter. Joshua Rozjnburg reports: Mr Justice Scott Bakjt said hj was sentencing hit on the basis of diminished responsibility. But the sentence would have been the same if the manslaughter verdict had been based on provocation. The judge told Mrs Thornton that she bore considerable responsibility for the death of hit husband but she no longjt posed a danger to the public. Summary 102 Home 110 Politics 130 Flash 150 World 160 Dispatches 190 Next News Dispatch WjlshNews Finance