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| Anne Cluysenaar: Stepson admits poet's murder | Anne Cluysenaar: Stepson admits poet's murder |
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| The stepson of a highly regarded poet has admitted murdering her at her farmhouse in Monmouthshire. | |
| Anne Jackson, a Belgium-born poet who wrote under the name Anne Cluysenaar, was found stabbed in the chest and neck on 1 November at her home in Usk. | |
| Timothy Jackson, 48, from Sheffield, pleaded guilty to murder at Cardiff Crown Court. | Timothy Jackson, 48, from Sheffield, pleaded guilty to murder at Cardiff Crown Court. |
| The court heard he killed her with a kitchen knife in a family row the day after her 39th wedding anniversary. | |
| Prosecutor Roger Thomas QC said Jackson had picked up the murder weapon from a sideboard five feet away during an argument with his stepmother. | |
| "The knife was clearly a household knife and was in the room and when the murder took place. | |
| "It was obviously picked up in the course of the incident that took place." | |
| The judge remanded in custody Jackson in custody and told him to expect a lengthy prison term when he was sentenced next month. | |
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| Ms Jackson had taught literature, linguistics and creative writing at a number of universities including Cardiff. | |
| She started writing poetry when she was eight and had her work published in literary journals and magazines. | |
| Mrs Jackson had lived in her home with her husband Walt for more than 25 years. |