He's been detained under the Mental Health Act after entering a guilty plea of manslaughter with diminished responsibility.
John William Walker, 65, was sentenced at Stafford Crown Court today after admitting the manslaughter of 52-year-old Mark Espley on grounds of diminished responsibility in October last year.
Walker’s mental health took a downturn after his pet Chihuahua Tilly died in July 2021, leading to him befriending local squirrel by feeding them nuts. On the morning of Saturday, June 18 2022, Walker waited in the communal garden for a number of hours and confronted the victim with a kitchen knife.Police were called by a neighbour but Walker voluntarily attended Malinsgate police station and admitted what he had done.He was initially charged with murder, but a guilty plea to manslaughter owing to diminished responsibility was accepted in November 2022 following psychiatric reports.
Defence counsel, Philippa McAtasney KC, said Walker was “very distressed and genuinely full of remorse”.
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