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Townsville man jailed for manslaughter of intrepid grandmother Pamela Corless
A 23-year old man has been sentenced to nine and half years behind bars over the bashing death of a Townsville grandmother he believed owed him $159.70 for building materials.
Key points:
- Mark Daniel Ferguson is sentenced to nine years and six months in jail for the manslaughter of Pamela Corless
- After 12 hours, a jury finds Ferguson not guilty of murder
- Relatives remember Ms Corless as a “vibrant, fun-loving woman”
The jury took more than 12 hours to find Mark Daniel Ferguson not guilty of murdering 73-year-old Pamela Corless in 2018.
Ferguson had entered a guilty plea to manslaughter on the first day of the four-day trial.
In handing down her sentence, Justice Susan Brown told Ferguson his actions could only be described as that of a…
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