Probation for manslaughter
■ pa Wellington ! I A woman who killed her I de facto husband has been sentenced to three years’ , probation for manslaughter. She is Mary Ann Graham. ; aged 25, a car-trim worker, who appeared in the Supreme Court before Mr Jus : trice Quilliam after being . convicted of the- manslaugh ter of Ronald Francis Gral ham at Petone on April 8. [ The jury, which found hei not guilty of murder but guilty of "manslaughter, had: added a strong recommend-! ation for leniency. Graham said at her trial] that she had stabbed her hus-i band after he had threatened] to kill her.
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Press, 15 July 1978, Page 5
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