Brittany Jno-Baptiste pleads guilty to manslaughter
Brittany Jno-Baptiste has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter in relation to the 2021 killing of Jane Finch.
Jno Baptiste was initially charged with murder but pleaded not guilty and has been on trial for the last few weeks.
During her trial she admitted to killing the Picadilly woman but claimed she was hallucinating.
Some evidence presented also supported that claim.
Today following advice from her Attorney Wendel Alexander she admitted to manslaughter by way of dimished responsibility.
Sixty-six-year-old Finch was stabbed to death with a pliers at her Piccadilly home on October 4, 2021.
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