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| Richard Craddock: Katie Jenkins pleads guilty to manslaughter | Richard Craddock: Katie Jenkins pleads guilty to manslaughter |
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| A woman who stabbed a businessman in the neck in his car has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. | A woman who stabbed a businessman in the neck in his car has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. |
| Katie Ann Jenkins, 24, killed Richard Craddock, 51, in May last year, Swansea Crown Court heard. | Katie Ann Jenkins, 24, killed Richard Craddock, 51, in May last year, Swansea Crown Court heard. |
| She plunged the kitchen knife into his neck in Sterry Road, Gowerton, after he gave her a lift. | She plunged the kitchen knife into his neck in Sterry Road, Gowerton, after he gave her a lift. |
| Jenkins had been on trial for murder but changed her plea on Thursday, which was accepted by the prosecution. | Jenkins had been on trial for murder but changed her plea on Thursday, which was accepted by the prosecution. |
| She is expected to be sentenced next Thursday. | |
| Jenkins met Mr Craddock through a friend in May 2013 after a drinking session with friend Demi-Lee Widdowson. | |
| Miss Widdowson sent Mr Craddock a text asking if they could go to his flat in Sandfields in Swansea to use his karaoke machine. | |
| But while they were at his flat Jenkins told her friend Mr Craddock had tried to touch her and told her she was attractive. |