an amazing story. a 19 year old man has admitted killing his 15 year old sister at a welsh caravan park last summer. matthew selby from ashton under lyne, greater manchester, denied murdering his sister amanda in conwy county but admitted an alternative charge of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. matthew richards reports from mold crown court. well, this was meant to be a family holiday at a busy holiday park last summer, but onjuly 31st, police were called to reports of a domestic disturbance in one of the caravans there. ambulance crews also attended and it was quickly clear that this was a very serious incident, which obviously shocked those who were spending time with their own families at the site. 15 year old amanda selby died as a result of asphyxia resulting from neck compression and airway obstruction at ty mawr holiday park in towyn, which is in conwy county. in a statement released by her family at the time, she was described as a loving daughter and
peng shuai was accompanied by the chinese olympic committee chief of staff during the interview, raising further questions about whether she was able to speak freely. courtney bembridge, bbc news. a 19 year old man has admitted killing his 15 year old sister at a welsh caravan park last summer. matthew selby from ashton under lyne, greater manchester, denied murdering his sister amanda in conwy county, but admitted an alternative charge of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. matthew richards reports from mold crown court. well, this was meant to be a family holiday at a busy holiday park last summer, but onjuly the 31st, police were called to reports of a domestic disturbance in one of the caravans there. ambulance crews also attended, and it was quickly clear that this was a very serious incident, which obviously shocked those who were spending time with their own families at the site. 15 year old amanda selby died as a result of asphyxia resulting from neck comp
and all those strands of evidence, said the prosecutor, from daniel clay s lies to the dna, the broken facial bones, the blood inside the torn costume added up to first-degree murder. but daniel s defense attorney russell smith countered, huh-uh, his client killed chelsea, yes, but this was no murder. it s a tragedy that this young lady is no longer with us, but the fact that these two people got together and one of these people passed away is not proof of murder. he argued it was just a horrible accident caused by choking during consensual sex. and he put on his own forensic pathologist to argue that as well. some type of neck compression, strangulation. though the expert conceded there was no physical proof of that. but he disagreed with the state s conclusion that chelsea
if there is neck compression with the hands this allegedly could be consensual. what the perpetrator did was accidental and then in a case like this he panics and he runs not because he killed her intentionally but accidentally. what is going to be the key to this case? are there other bruises on the body? they did not mention this. was this just a single squeezin of the neck and death or had he struck her many times before over a period of time? the actual act of murder causin
remained in fear. it was all heavy on her mind when she got home to her apartment at night at 7:51. caught here on security cameras. later, she logged onto her online dating profile at 10:13. the last activity on any of her devices. rod meanwhile, was across the hall. he was usually online playing backgammon late into the night. but suddenly, his online presence stopped at 1:03 am. no sign of him until he popped up that surveillance video in the lobby at 4:13 am. the allegation was that he wanted to be seen on camera yes he wanted to make an alibi. this was like his way of building an alibi. the prosecution called the new york state medical examiner. in the autopsy, he had noticed that there are scratches on her face, and that fractured bone in her neck. my conclusion was that she had and neck compression, i classify the death as a homicide. strangulation not an accidental fall.