Tracey Bridgewater walks free as manslaughter charge over fatal stabbing dropped during retrial

A Perth woman who was accused of the manslaughter of her partner during a violent altercation at their home has walked free from the Supreme Court after prosecutors dropped the case midway through her second trial.

Tracey Elizabeth Bridgewater, 42, first stood trial in January last year on a charge of unlawfully killing Nicholas Josephs, who was fatally stabbed at their house in Hamilton Hill in September 2018.

He was wounded in the chest during a violent argument which included him throwing Ms Bridgewater across a room, throwing her…