A 28-year-old woman is facing a life sentence after pleading guilty to the murder of a man who was found in a Suffolk park.
Before Ipswich Crown Court on November 10 was Amber Stebbings of no fixed address.
She was due to go on trial on Monday accused of murdering 54-year-old Gary Grant, who was found in Sparrow's Nest Gardens in Lowestoft on March 20 this year, but changed her plea to guilty on Tuesday before a jury was empanelled.
Mr Grant was treated by emergency services before being pronounced dead.
The jury panel which had been due to hear the trial before Stebbings changed her plea was in court to hear her plead guilty to the murder charge.
After Stebbings’ change of plea, Judge Samantha Leigh adjourned sentence until January 14 for an updated psychiatric report and remanded her in custody.
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She told Stebbings: “There is only one sentence and that’s a life sentence.”
However, she said she would set the minimum term she would have to serve before she could be considered for release by the parole board after hearing mitigation and reading the updated psychiatric report.
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