Preston Man Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter on Diminished Responsibility in Fatal Dog-Walker Attack
Sentencing in April will reflect the court's acceptance of significant mental health factors.
Overview
- Jacob Hill, 32, admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and assault at Preston Crown Court.
- He will be sentenced on April 24 following the plea to reduced liability based on his mental health.
- Gary Carlisle, 62, died a week after the March 12 attack, with a Home Office postmortem citing a blunt force head injury.
- CCTV tracked Hill leaving Burnslack Road shortly before 6am, behaving erratically before confronting Carlisle on Langden Drive and stamping on him more than 10 times.
- A bus passenger who tried to intervene was headbutted and injured, and armed officers tasered Hill when he refused to comply before arresting him.