Overview
- Edwin Morrison pleaded guilty to attempted robbery after strangling and tying 95-year-old Mary Morgan in her Little Hulton home on January 27.
- Prosecutors said he gained entry using a bin-collection ruse and had been seen 'scoping out' addresses linked to his former pharmacy delivery rounds.
- The attack ended when Morgan’s mobile hairdresser arrived, and police arrested Morrison the next day at his Worsley home, recovering gloves, trainers and cables.
- Defence cited a May 2024 diagnosis of terminal kidney cancer, an unsuccessful GoFundMe for funeral costs, lifelong gambling without debt, and a psychiatric finding of depressive disorder with suicidal planning.
- Judge Peter Horgan remanded Morrison in custody, indicated an immediate prison term is likely, and set sentencing for April 15 after seeking further reports.