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| Sally Challen, who spent nearly a decade in jail for killing her abusive husband, Richard, with a hammer will not face a retrial, a senior judge at the Old Bailey has announced. | Sally Challen, who spent nearly a decade in jail for killing her abusive husband, Richard, with a hammer will not face a retrial, a senior judge at the Old Bailey has announced. |
| Georgina Challen, who is known as Sally, claimed she suffered years of controlling and humiliating abuse before she killed her husband in August 2010. | Georgina Challen, who is known as Sally, claimed she suffered years of controlling and humiliating abuse before she killed her husband in August 2010. |
| Challen, 65, of Claygate, Surrey, had been jailed for life for the murder of the 61-year-old former car dealer after a trial at Guildford crown court in 2011. But her conviction was quashed and a new trial ordered at the court of appeal in London in February, in light of new evidence about her mental state at the time. | Challen, 65, of Claygate, Surrey, had been jailed for life for the murder of the 61-year-old former car dealer after a trial at Guildford crown court in 2011. But her conviction was quashed and a new trial ordered at the court of appeal in London in February, in light of new evidence about her mental state at the time. |
| She admitted manslaughter but pleaded not guilty to murder and was due to face a fresh trial on July 1. But at a hearing before Mr Justice Edis at the Old Bailey on Friday, the prosecution announced the crown accepted her plea to the lesser charge. | She admitted manslaughter but pleaded not guilty to murder and was due to face a fresh trial on July 1. But at a hearing before Mr Justice Edis at the Old Bailey on Friday, the prosecution announced the crown accepted her plea to the lesser charge. |
| Challen will be sentenced at the Old Bailey later on Friday. | |
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