A woman has been handed a life sentence for a murder in . Stephanie McLaggan refused to admit responsibility for fatally stabbing Gillian Connelly at a house in the town, but a jury at returned the guilty verdict on Wednesday, October 8.

The had heard how McLaggan, previously of North Warren Road, and Gillian had got into a heated argument while at a friend's house on Wheeldon Street in the early hours of July 28, 2024.

McLaggan, 39, who had previously been in a relationship with Gillian for more than 20 years, took a knife from the kitchen and stabbed the 44-year-old victim.

The stab wound pierced her artery just below her heart, and the fatal wound led to her death a short time after being taken to hospital. Home Office pathologist Stuart Hamilton was consulted and described the injur

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