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Murray's plea to manslaughter was accepted on the grounds of diminished responsibility due to mental abnormality.

He would later break down in tears as he gave evidence, vainly trying to persuade a jury he should not be convicted of his wife's murder on the grounds of "diminished responsibility" and loss of control.

However, the prosecution says this does not amount to diminished responsibility.

He was jailed for life after admitting manslaughter with diminished responsibility in 2020.

Dean Mears, 34, from Kinmel Bay, Conwy county, admitted the manslaughter of Catherine Flynn on 24 October 2024, but denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility.