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Woman, 23, pleads guilty to manslaughter over house fire which killed mum

A woman has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a mum who died in a house fire in Salford.

Courtney Brierley, 23, appeared over videolink at Manchester Crown Court this afternoon.

She entered a guilty plea to the offence of manslaughter of Michelle Pearson, 37.

Brierley, of HMP Send, will be sentenced at a later date, reports the Manchester Evening News.

Police and fire crews were called shortly before 5am on December 11, 2017, to reports of a house fire on Jackson Street in Walkden.

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Michelle sadly died in hospital on August 25, 2019.

Zak Bolland, 26, and David Worrall, 28, are due to stand trial on Monday, March 15 charged with murder.

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