Moss Side Husband Raped And Killed Wife

25 April 2012, 17:15 | Updated: 30 March 2016, 13:50

A man from Moss Side has been found guilty of raping and killing his wife in an attack last year.

59 year old Melvyn Edwards of Great Western Street in Moss Side was found guilty of Manslaughter in a trial at Manchester Crown Court today.

He was also convicted of two counts of rape.

48 year old Juliet Edwards, was found stabbed to death in her Moss Side home in July 2011, she later died in hospital.

A post mortem said Mrs Edwards, a grandmother, died from a single stab wound to the neck.

Edwards will be sentenced tomorrow.