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I am in Liverpool Crown Court for day six of the trial of Callum Wilcocks, who strangled his on-off girlfriend to death.
Wilcocks, now 23, killed 17-year-old mum of one Kelsey Marie Shaw on the afternoon of April 29, 2011, after a row about them seeing other people.
The pair had spent the previous night drinking and snorting cocaine with Kelsey
s friend Rebecca McDonald, at Miss McDonalds flat in Foundry Lane, Widnes.
Wilcocks admits killing Kelsey but claims a severe personality disorder means he is only guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, rather than murder.
Last week the court heard conflicting opinions from psychiatrists on Wilcocks mental state.
Today the prosecution and defence counsels will deliver their closing speeches to the jury, before judge Mr Justice Holroyde will sum up the case and send the jury out to reach a verdict.
Source: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/