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Arrest in 'innocent' mother death | Arrest in 'innocent' mother death |
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A man has been arrested after a mother-of-three was killed by a glass bottle while she was celebrating her partner's birthday in a Greater Manchester pub. | |
Emma O'Kane, 27, was the innocent victim of a row involving a man who had been refused entry to the pub and then threw a bottle, said police. | |
She suffered a neck injury at 0200 GMT at Queen Anne Hotel on Market Street in Heywood and died later in hospital. | |
A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. | A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. |
Police said Ms O' Kane was hit by a shard of glass at the pub, where she worked as a barmaid. She was off duty at the time. | |
A post-mortem examination showed she died as a result of a wound to the neck. | |
She loved her kids - they were everything to her and she was the best mum Diane O'Kane, the victim's mother | |
Ms O'Kane had been out on Friday night celebrating the birthday of Michael Shepherd, 38, her partner of more than five years. | |
The couple, who were planning to marry in Crete, Greece, in 2010, live in Heywood and have three children - Reece, six, Jack, two, and one-year-old Ellie-Mai. | |
Mr Shepherd described Ms O'Kane as "my soul-mate" and "angel". | |
"She was the love of my life and kind-hearted," he said. | |
"Emma was really popular - everyone said she was the best barmaid and she was a brilliant mother to three gorgeous kids." | |
Her mother Diane O'Kane, 47, said: "Emma loved looking after people and planned to get a job in a nursing home. | |
"She loved her kids - they were everything to her and she was the best mum." | |
Earlier, detectives revealed they were looking for a man who had been refused entry to the pub. | |
"He became involved in an altercation with the doormen and threw a bottle into the pub," said Det Supt Peter Jackson. | "He became involved in an altercation with the doormen and threw a bottle into the pub," said Det Supt Peter Jackson. |