Teen Jailed For Killing Of Mum

Neil McNulty A TEENAGER who killed a mum when he drunkenly threw a bottle into a pub sending a shard of glass flying into his victim's neck has been jailed.

Neil McNulty, 19, from Heywood, Greater Manchester, was refused entry into the pub and in a fit of temper hurled the bottle through the door.

A doorman ducked from the flying missile, which hit the floor shattering on impact.

But in an “incredible mishap” a piece of glass flew into the neck of mother-of-three Emma O'Kane.

The 27-year-old part-time barmaid at the Queen Anne Hotel in Heywood, Greater Manchester, bled to death as the cut severed her jugular vein and an artery.

Ms O'Kane was off duty at the time of the incident at about 2am on December 27 as she celebrated the birthday of her partner, Michael Shepherd, 38, who she planned to marry.

He battled to save her as she lay bleeding to death.

Today at Manchester Crown Court, Judge Michael Henshell sentenced McNulty to four-and-a-half years behind bars.

McNulty was enjoying his own birthday drinks on a night out but became abusive when he and his friends were not allowed inside the pub.

At an earlier hearing, the Crown Prosecution Service accepted his plea of not guilty to murder on the grounds there was no realistic prospect of securing a conviction on the charge. He admitted manslaughter.